The photographer is on board the Orient Line passenger cruise ship Orford (1928) in the Bosphorus off Istanbul, Turkey. He is looking at a built-up area which has a road with tram tracks in the foreground. A number of small boats line the waterfront. A small minaret is on the right of the picture. None of the buildings have any identifiable wording on them and the precise location in Istanbul is not known. A vertical format negative.