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Two officials in gas masks riding a motorcycle with sidecar in Beyoğlu

Two officials in gas masks riding a motorcycle with sidecar in Beyoğlu, © Yapı Kredi bankenlarge

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Object:Two officials in gas masks riding a motorcycle with sidecar in Beyoğlu
Description:Two officials in uniform and gas masks are crossing a road and tramway tracks on a motorcycle with sidecar. A few metres behind them, a tram is either waiting or approaching. Pedestrians on the sidewalk and people behind the counter of a coffee bar on the street corner are watching the scene.
Comment:The photograph was taken in the context of two articles that appeared in Cumhuriyet in August 1939 reporting on military defence operations against air raids and chemical weapons attacks. Cumhuriyet covered the military exercise in great detail, announcing which action was to take in which part of town and at what time.
Series:https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:siba.3102
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Date:1939-08
Location:Istanbul, Beyazıt, Fatih
Country:Turkey (contemporary)
Turkey (historical)
Type:Photographic negative
Creator:Görgüç, Namık or Giz, Selahattin
Keywords:700 Armed Forces
700 Armed Forces > 701 Military Organization
700 Armed Forces > 702 Recruitment and Training
720 War
410 Tools and Appliances > 411 Weapons
500 Water, Air, and Space Transportation > 507 Aviation
Bibliography:Dün sabah yapılan hava taarruzu tecrübelerinden muhtelif intıbalar. Cumhuriyet, 20 August 1939, 1, 7. – Hava hücumundan korunmak için. Cumhuriyet, 24 August 1939, 7.
Copyright:Yapı Kredi bank
Archive:Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, Istanbul (Collection Selahattin Giz), Inv. No.: 4/0122A
Editors:Joël László, Nataša Mišković
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