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Constantinople, The Leandre Tower

 
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0334
Creator
Places
Istanbul [Constantinople] (Turkey)
Turkey
Date
c. 1912
Measurements
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Materials/Techniques
painting
Work types
postcard

Description

TRANSCRIPTION

Constantinople. The Leandre Tower.

Tuck's Post Card

Leander's Tower (Turkish, Kiz Kouleh, Maiden's Tower), built on a submerged rock just outside Constantinople Harbour, is 90 feet high and is used as a lighthouse.

"Wide-Wide-World" - Constantinople

Raphael Tuck and Sons' "Oilette" [Regd.] Postcard 7724

Art Publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen

Papeterie F. Loeffler. Pera.

POSTAGE

10 paras Ottoman Stamp

Postmarked 15 April 1912

Addressed to Middelburg, Netherlands

Collection

Ephemera Collection
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Archives, 054.SUZ.02.PCbox.094
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0334
Creator
Places
Istanbul [Constantinople] (Turkey)
Turkey
Date
c. 1912
Measurements
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Materials/Techniques
painting
Work types
postcard

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