Why call a taxi when you can be wheeled around in royal state in this victoria with the velvet robed driver for twenty cents an hour. Every one can be a prince or princess for an hour Type of Roumanian peasant girl. Upon her wedding day an olive twig must be held over her head by one of the men attendants and if once it is dropped, even during the dancing and feasting, bad luck will be her lot and the gaiety will be dispelled in a jiffy.

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: a horse-drawn carriage driver in his carriage, Bucharest; and a young woman wearing a head scarf.

Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26.

On page: no. 1265 (top image) and no. 1266 (bottom image)

In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [3].

Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.

Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

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