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Constantinople, Melon Vendors in Ambulant Street

 
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0007
Creator
Places
Istanbul [Constantinople] (Turkey)
Turkey
Date
1930
Measurements
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Materials/Techniques
painting
Work types
postcard

Description

TRANSCRIPTION

Constantinople – Melon Vendors in Ambulant Street

Constantinople. Melon Vendors. Constantinople is the capital of Turkey, and the trade in exports and imports together amount to about £10,000,000. The picture depicts a view of Ambulant Street, in which the melon vendors in their picturesque costumes are disposing of their wares.

Wide-Wide-World. Constantinople. Series II.

Raphael Tuck and Sons’ “Oilette” Postcard 7873. Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King and Queen.

Printed in England.

CATALOGING

Listed in 1930 Postcard Catalogue

Collection

Ephemera Collection
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Archives, 054.SUZ.02.PCbox.094
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
Accession number AR.EP.PC.0007
Creator
Places
Istanbul [Constantinople] (Turkey)
Turkey
Date
1930
Measurements
3.5 x 5.5 inches
Materials/Techniques
painting
Work types
postcard

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