Bulgaria Collection (#5)

5th Connaught Rangers
Camp of the 5th Connaught Rangers, on the Monastir Road, just west of Salonika, on their return from the campaign in Serbia and Bulgaria

British mountain gun
A British artillery unit fire a 2.75 inch mountain gun during the campaign in Bulgaria

The perfume industry in Bulgaria
Distillation of roses in a factory in Kazanik, Bulgaria, followed by the maceration of the petals in olive oil

Promotional card for Aegean Sea Cruise line
A promotional postcard for an Italian Aegean Sea Cruise Line. The liner is the Albano, under the command of Captain Persich

Bulgaria - Port on the Danude - Ruse

The German allies of WW1
The Kaiser and the leaders of his fellow allies during the First World War, depicted within a lucky four-leaf clover. It was not to prove ultimately very lucky

Tobacco Pickers - Bulgaria
Women pick tobacco in Bulgaria

The five crown princes of the Danube and Balkans
The crown princes of the Danube and Balkans kingdoms convening in Sofia- from left to right: Prince Alexandre of Serbia, Prince Boris of Bulgaria, Prince Constantin of Greece

Bulgarian Army Parade 1939
Tanks of the Bulgarian Army parade before King Boris III on the Bulgarian National Holiday on 9th May 1939 in the square in front of the Bulgarian Parliament Building in Sofia, Bulgaria

Macedonian Woman spinning
A Macedonian woman spinning wool in her cottage

Macedonian Butcher at work
A Macedonian butcher cuts up a sheep

Bulgaria - Varn - a Mosque
A Mosque at Varn, Bulgaria. Easy to miss, but important not to ignore are the two bears being led along the street!

Bulgarian Women in patterned floral dresses
Two Bulgarian Women, wearing their dark hair in long plaits and dressed in long pale patterned dresses, seemingly made from the same fabric

Bulgaria - Veliko Tarnovo
Veliko Tarnovo (Turnovo) - a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred to as the City of the Tsars

Bulgarian Beauty in National Costume. Note the fine (and wide) patterned cuffs on her white blouse. She is from Kyustendil (Velbazhd), a town in the far west of Bulgaria

Hiking on the Vitosha, Bulgaria
Vitosha - a mountain massif, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The Vitosha is one of the tourist landmarks of Sofia and provides a fantastic site for hiking

Boulevard Marie Louise, Sofia, Bulgaria
The Banya Bashi Mosque on the Marie Louise Boulevard, Sofia, Bulgaria

Turkish couple living close to the Schipka Pass
Turkish couple (Osman Pascha and his wife) living close to the Schipka Pass, Bulgaria

Plovdiv - Bulgaria - Views of the City. Plovdiv is situated in the southern part of the Plovdiv Plain on the two banks of the Maritsa River

The National Dance of Bulgaria - Panagurichte
The National Dance of Bulgaria performed at Panagyurishte. Panagyurishte is a town in Pazardzhik Province, western Bulgaria. The town is situated in a small valley in the Sredna Gora mountains

Bulgaria - Varna - The Hotel London
Varna, Bulgaria - Posing in front of the Hotel London (with a rather enigmatic empty plinth in the foreground!)

Peasant Costume near Sofia, Bulgaria
Traditional Peasant Costume worn by a woman near Sofia, Bulgaria

Plovdiv - Bulgaria - General View, including the French College

Bulgaria - Varna - Local men and boys
Local Bulgarian Types at Varna, Bulgaria

Bulgaria - close to Schipka - Russian Seminary

Sheep Shearing in Bulgaria - tying up the recently-shorn fleeces

Bulgaria - Varna - Holiday Festival
A Festival/Holiday event in Varna, Bulgaria. A large crowd gathers in the wide Musala Street. The photographer for this card has superbly managed to catch the attention of the crowd for this wide shot

Kitchen scene, Sofia, Bulgaria
A Bulgarian woman baking a cake in a kitchen in Sofia, Bulgaria

Sailing ships at Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas Harbour, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The bow and the stern of Black Sea ships are raised to counter the under-sea turbulence in the water

Plovdiv - Bulgaria - The Grand Hotel Paris
Plovdiv - the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia, known in ancient times as Philippoupolis. The Grand Hotel Paris

Vratza, Bulgaria - Monument to Hristo Botef
Local dignitaries standing before the Monument to Hristo Botef (1848-1876) at Vratza, Bulgaria. A Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary

Rustchuk, Bulgaria
The Turkish Quarter at Rustchuk, Bulgaria

Rusciuk and the River Dunav, Bulgaria
View across the wide span of the frozen River Dunav from the town of Rusciuk in Bulgaria toward Giurgiu in Romania. A path has been established across the frozen expanse

The Railway Station at Ternoro, Bulgaria

The Parliament Square, Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgarian National Costumes. A couple at Ruse, Bulgaria (possibly about to get married??)

Bulgarian State Steamships - The Boris and the Bulgaria. Prince Boris and a Bulgarian soldier are also pictured. This young Prince was to become Boris III the Unifier, Tsar of Bulgaria (1894 - 1943)

Celebration in Kavarna, Bulgaria on 11th May. Kavarna is a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Dobruja region of northeastern Bulgaria

Winnowing grain in Bulgaria
Winnowing grain in the Bulgarian countryside

Milkman with his Donkey - Sofia, Bulgaria

Yugoslavian Royal Family attending funeral King Alexander s
The funeral of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in Belgrade: the new King, eleven-year-old Peter, stands in the front beside his mother Queen Marie (Marie of Romanias second daughter)

1st Balkan War - unexploded shell
Macedonia - a Turkish Notable (Dignitary) in his garden looking at a Bulgarian shell which had not exploded. The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913

German Allies at the top of the pole
A terrific fold-out card depicting the German allies as the dominant holders of a spot at the top of the European maypole as their enemies fail to cling on as they attempt an ascent

Easter Card - German Allies of World War One
The German allies in World War one depicted as painted eggs in this propaganda Easter Card

German Allies of the first World War
A propaganda postcard depicting the flags of the allies of the First World War

A Serbian Dragoon regiment in the Battle of Borenitza
A Serbian Dragoon regiment, part of the Allied army based in the Greek port of Salonika, are pictured riding to repel an attack by the Bulgarian army, October 1916

Bulgaria / Ruse
(also known as Ruschuk or Rustchuk) scene from the Danube

Russians in Bulgaria
Russian agents seek to inter- -vene in the political crisis when Alexander abdicates : but another German prince, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, will be chosen to succeed him

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