At the Danube ports in Romania little men carry huge trunks on their backs and have never been on strike Roumanians claim Roman ancestry and proudly speak of the good old days when Trajan built roads and aqueducts in their country. In Bucharest is the Roman Atheaneum ; With hard work and little play the peasant women age early. This woman looks fifty-five and is thirty-five.
Summary
Photographs show scenes in Romania including: a porter carrying a large load from a boat on the Danube River, the Romanian Athenaeum concert hall, Bucharest, and two women wearing kerchiefs on their heads.
Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26.
On page: no. 1281 (top left image), 1282 (top right image) and no. 1283 (bottom image).
In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [10].
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Tags
Date
01/01/1923
Contributors
Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer
Location
Crișana (Romania), 46.61667, 37.35861
Source
Library of Congress
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