This beautiful collection of historic photographs captures a family trip started from Lohr am Main, a town in Germany, heading to Vienna. They visited friends or relatives before they boarded the Orient Express Wien – Budapest – Belgrad – Sofia – Constantinople. Part of the journey was made on a ship on the river Danube. In Turkey, they made a trip to Eskisehir. Wolfgang Wigger discovered negatives, and he was able to restore only a few of them. Many of them were exposed to moisture during the last 115 years and are irretrievable lost. Some pictures are only snapshots, but they still convey an interesting impression about an exotic journey at the beginning of the 20th century.
#1 Vienna. Austrian Parliament Building, 1903
#2 Vienna. Austrian Parliament Building, 1903
#3 Vienna. Before heading to Budapest (Preparations for a journey), 1903
#4 Vienna. Early Morning on the Market, 1903
#5 Vienna. Hofburg, 1903
#6 Vienna. Plague Column, 1903
#7 Budapest. Castle, 1903
#8 Orient Express Budapest-Constantinople, 1903
#9 Sofia, 1903
#10 Sofia, 1903
#11 In the Balka
#12 The friendly conductor in the Balkans, 1903
#13 River Danube. An uncomfortable bed, 1903
#14 River Danube. Danube Pier, 1903
#15 River Danube. Danube steamboating association captain, 1903
#16 River Danube. Get on board, 1903
#17 River Danube. Steam, 1903
#18 Bucharest. Town in Romania (Probably Bucharest), 1903
#19 Bucharest. Visit in Bucharest (The name of the family in Bucharest was probable Manke), 1903
#20 Bucharest. Visit in Bucharest (The name of the family in Bucharest was probable Manke), 1903
#21 Bucharest. Visit in Bucharest (The name of the family in Bucharest was probable Manke), 1903
#22 Railway station Baziaș (leaving Romania), 1903
#23 Constantinople, 1903
#24 Constantinople, 1903
#25 Constantinople, 1903
#26 Constantinople. Cemetery in Skutari (Üsküdar), 1903
#27 Constantinople. Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus, 1903
#28 Constantinople. Gate, 1903
#29 Constantinople. Hagia Sophia, 1903
#30 Constantinople. Monument on Taksim Square, 1903
#31 Constantinople. Pera (today Beyoğlu), 1903
#32 Constantinople. Side Street in Stamboul (Stamboul referred to the central parts of Constantinople), 1903
#33 Constantinople. Stray dogs, Istanbul’s forgotten symbol, 1903
#34 Constantinople. The Fountain of Kaiser Wilhelm, 1903
#35 Constantinople. The Well, 1903
#36 Leaving Constantinople, 1903
#37 Arrival in Eskişehir, 1903
#38 Goods of all kinds, Eskişehir, 1903
#39 Hard work (close to the railway Eskişehir-Konya), 1903
#40 Hussein in Eskişehir, 1903
#41 Man in the surroundings of Eskişehir, 1903
#42 On the outskirts of Eskişehir, 1903
#43 Order of Osmanieh, Eskişehir, 1903
#44 Prayer, Eskişehir, 1903
#45 Şerefe, Eskişehir, 1903
#46 Woman with a simple box camera in her hand on Eskişehir’s streets, 1903
#47 A folding screen with a window, Turkey, 1903
#48 Decorated corner, Turkey, 1903
#49 Family portrait, Turkey, 1903
#50 Grandparents, Turkey, 1903
#51 Important conversations, Turkey, 1903
#52 Savoir vivre, Turkey, 1903
#53 Sunday in the park, Turkey, 1903
#54 The senior, Turkey, 1903
#55 The Turkish friend, Turkey, 1903
#56 Back home, 1903
