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[Photographer with camera and pigeons in front of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice] [Legs and feet of photographer with camera and pigeons in front of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice]

A pretty lass unveiled waiting for the Sultan to come from prayer The Sultan's Guard stack ammo. while he prays.

The oil fields of Roumania Homes for American workmen in the oil fields. One American company has investments amounting to [blank].

Even the nursemaids of Romania are attractive. Here is a group in Sinaia Nothing to do all day but watch a cow. That is the job of this Roumanian peasant boy. It is during the long hours that he plays his flute and learns the songs of the birds ; Beautiful parks surround the hotels of Sinaia where fountains play and the setting sun makes rainbow colors in the spray.

The Carabinieri of Rome are dressed in clothes designed in the time of Napoleon. These men travel in pairs and seldom have anything to do as their appearance alone is enough to calm the wildest ruffians The Treve fountain in Rome where one throws a coin to insure his return to Rome according to popular belief. At night naked Roman boys dive in to rescue the coins ; Two generations of Romans proud of their heritage.

Hamals or porters are trained from infancy to carry great loads on their backs. The son succeeds the father in the business and becomes a member of the union Parasols are carried by fat Hoxhas or priests to protect them from the hot sun. Their religion does not allow them to wear broad brimmed hats as they cannot shade their eyes from Allah.

Greek and Armenian refugee children in barracks near Athens. Greece received 1,000,000 refugees or one to each family in the country A refugee city that was built by Greek Americans. A model of cleanliness and order.

Roumanian children of the better classes Homes for American workmen in the oil fields. One American company has investments amounting to [blank].

Towns line the European side of the Bosphorus The story is that on this hill Joshua sat and laved [i.e. layed] his feet in the waters of the Bosphorus. A huge tomb is still to be found in which is supposed to be buried the big toe of this giant. The tomb is [text missing] feet long.

A traveling forest The main street of Thebes roofed with stately elms.

The grape seller. Mr. Carpenter asks him if he belongs to the Union. Every trade has its guild in this city From the Pera Palace Hotel in Pera where foreigners or infidels as the Turks call them, reside.

A Roumanian beauty out for a stroll in Sinaia. Tall, dark with jet black hair and eyes, they account for the Roumanian man's distaste for work and desire for pleasure, which makes Bucharest famous as the "gay Paris of the East" "I do." Making out an application for a trip to the land of advertised golden bricks. A Roumanian emigrant at the American Consulate in Bucharest. Daily hundreds are turned away because of the oversubscribed quota.

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aeronautics correspondence alexander graham bell family papers 1834 1974 subject file alexander graham bell family papers at the library of congress american memory alexander graham bell frank g carpenter high resolution manuscripts new york correspondence