Djeddah. Ottoman troops.

And Djeddah was then an Ottoman Empire, in 1900-1907. Just like the whole Arabia. Djeddah was the entrance for people who wanted to go to Mekka... The entrance to Arab Peninsula. It´s only now I googled, the link to history worth seeing. In English - Jeddah.

Please remember it is all - from simply scanned and inverted glass plates.
Anybody actually interested in this treasure?

Djeddah handsome man

We cannot trace who this person is. But he looks great and very proud!
Actually JJ thinks that this was a local man working for the Dutch Embassy.

Djeddah middle life

Jan Jaap remembers the stories told by his Opa (grand-Dad): that people were building then in Djeddah (1900-1907, just to remind you) 2-3-4 storied houses there; and because of the heat they were sleeping mostly above / at the top level. And in the occasional but excessive rain everything was getting quickly wet and thus heavy, and the places where water goes out was clogged then by the bedding, and the adobe houses crumbled into ruins...

Djeddah early XXth century first impression of recent days

Carefully sorting and cleaning (from the glass side only)  the most treasured glass plates - stored in carton boxes, regretfully covered with dust. Yes, the family agrees it can and should be shared! Incredible learning - how to scan all this stuff: they appear to be much more detailed than that what could be scanned with 600 dpi (if needed at all). But it is still a treasure, look it up further here in the blog.

Djeddah, between 1900 and 1907. (c) J.A.Hooft
It was still the Ottoman Empire before the 1st World War.

Introduction

Jan Albert Hooft, the Dutch diplomat of early 1900s...
Yes, the grand-dad of Jan Jaap Hooft.

We´ve got a chance to share with the others some really family treasures.

Please enjoy. And please respect it, also in terms of the author and family rights.

J.A.Hooft, between 1900 and 1907 in Djeddah, from glass photo plate.