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| Women's Dress - Armenians in Turkey |
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| Print collection of Maggie Land Blanck
| "Female attire Turkey"
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| Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
"Armenische Frau aus Konstantinopel" (An Armenian woman of Constantinople) |
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"Armenian Women late in the Late 19th century"
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| From The Armeninas by Adriano Alpago Novella, 1986 | |
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "ARMENIAN GIRLS, CONSTANTINOPLE, 1914, REPRESENTING VARIOUS TYPES OF ARMENIAN PEOPLE"
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| Armenian Men in Turkey | |
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| Print collection of Maggie Land Blanck
| "Male attire Turkey"
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| Family - Armenians in Turkey | |
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An Armenian Family in the late 19th century
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| From The Armeninas by Adriano Alpago Novella, 1986 | |
| Armenians in Constantinople | |
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| Photo collection of Maggie Land Blanck | |
| Many Armenians in Constantinople lived and dressed as Europeans. There is no identification on the photo on the left. It sold on eBay as an Armenian mother and her son. The two young girls were photographed by Raphael Khndamian Photographe Kadi-Kcuy. | |
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| Photo collection of Maggie Land Blanck | Tchobanian Freres Atelier de Peinture, Yusek Galdirim, En Face Du Voivoda, No. 75
Galata, Constantinople While this young woman had her picture taken in Constantinople she dressed in a traditional style. |
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| Photo collection of Maggie Land Blanck | This young woman also choose to dressed in a traditional style. |
| Armenian Weddings | |
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "ARMENIAN BRIDAL PROCESSION"
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| Postcard collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "Armenian Wedding" |
| Armenian Village Life | |
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "A STREET SCENE IN THE CITY OF MARASH" Marash, a city not far from Aleppo, had a large Armenian population. |
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "SHOEING AN OXEN ON THE VILLAGE MAIN STREET"
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| Transportation | |
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "THE MOST COMMON VEHICLE IN ARMENIA" |
| Dancing | |
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "ARMENIANS DANCING" "The Armenian national dance is not such a thrilling affair as the fox trot, neither does it have the stately grace of a Virginia reel. It reminds one more of arrhythmic "Ring around the Rosey" |
| Le Tour du Monde
Jane Dieulafoy traveled to the East with her husband three times between 1881 and 1886. While there she took numerous notes and photographs which were published in the review Le Tour du Monde . |
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| Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
Armeniens — Dessin de A. De Neuville, d'apres une photographie, page 176. |
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| Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
Les curieux (voy p. 414 &mdash Dessin de Ronjat, d'apres une photographie [the curious] |
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| Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
L'abdar — Dessin de Tofani, d'apres une photographie de Mme Dieulafoy
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| Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
Caravane d'anes — Dessin d'A Paris d'apres une photographie [Caravan of donkeys] |
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| Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
Anes porteurs d'eau — Dessin d'A Paris d'apres une photographie Donkeys carrying water |
| Food
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "ARMENIANS PREPARING "BASTOURME" BEEF DRIED IN THE SUN" "Bastourma is a traditionally dry-cured and air-dried prime cut beef topside. After completion of the initial drying process, the product is coated with a specially prepared paste of oriental spices mixed with a generous amount of garlic. Bastourma has its origin in Turkey and Armenia and has become known and well appreciated in all Muslim countries." If you would like to buy some on line go to B-B Products, Bastourma
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| National Geographic October 1915. Collection of Maggie Land Blanck | "ROLLING OUT BREAD AS THIN AS BLOTTING-PAPER AND BAKING IT ON A DISC OF SHEET IRON " This bread is called Lahvosh. If you would like to try some you can buy it on line at Valley Lahvosh |
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| The Complete Middle East Cookbook, Tess Mallos. cookbook collection of Maggie Land Blanck |
Dolma (stuffed vegetables)
A traditional Armenian dish is stuffed vegetables, called dolma. The following recipe is from Tom's mother, Alice Azarian Blanck.
Tomatoes, remove pulp and use top as lid Filling:
1 lb. ground beef or lamb Mix ingredients together thoroughly in bowl. Fill each vegetable lightly with the mixture and place side by side in a deep pan. Put lids on vegetables that have them. Others can be placed in pan with ends together to keep stuffing in. When all the vegetables are in the pan cover them with a heavy plate. Add water up to plate level. You can substitute some tomato sauce for some of the water. Bring to boil and simmer for about 1 hour or until rice is cooked. Serve hot.
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