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Orchards and Agricultural Land in Dolmabahçe Valley

Nicholas Artamonoff, View of the construction of İnönü football stadium, Dolmabahçe Camii, and market gardens and orchards, 1940s.
Orchards and Agricultural Land in Dolmabahçe Valley

Images in this collection record not only the market gardens within the city walls but also orchards and agricultural fields in suburban Istanbul. This photograph below shows the agricultural land in the valley of Dolmabahçe before it was transformed into a park as well as a major intersection of roads connecting the northern suburbs with the city.

 

Nicholas V. Artamonoff, Gümüşsuyu, 1940s. Myron Bement Smith Collection, Artamonoff P396, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

 

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Nicholas Artamonoff, View of the construction of İnönü football stadium, Dolmabahçe Camii, and market gardens and orchards, 1940s.