Line-up with the Belkis
| Description: | A crowd of people, including workers as well as elegantly dressed men in bowler hats, has gathered around the hull of the steamship ‘Belkis’ to celebrate her maiden voyage. Directly on the quay and facing the camera stand several children. On deck stand three engineers and more spectators. The ship is decorated with bunting. |
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| Comment: | The photograph was taken in the context of an article printed in Cumhuriyet with the title, ‘First Turkish ship made on special initiative’. The vessel was financed by the lawyer Etemin Belkis and was hailed by the newspaper as the first boat of its kind constructed on Turkish initiative. |
| Relations: | o:siba.3203 o:siba.3204 |
| Date: | 1934-02-27 |
| Location: | Istanbul, Haliç |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Type: | Photographic negative |
| Creator: | Görgüç, Namık and Giz, Selahattin , (Press Photographer) |
| Technique: | Not specified |
| Keywords: | 470 Business and Industrial Organization > 472 Individual Enterprise 500 Water, Air, and Space Transportation > 501 Boats |
| Bibliography: | Hususî teşebbüslerle yapılan ilk Türk gemisi. Cumhuriyet, 28 February 1937, 5. |
| Copyright: | Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, Istanbul |
| Archive: | Yapı Kredi tarih arşivi, Istanbul, Inv. No.: 5/0614C |
| License: | This picture is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA |
| Editor: | Joël László |
| Permalink: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/o:siba.3191 |