Camel Collection (page 15)

Algeria - Camel Transport
A camel palanquin (covered litter), used to transport wives and children across the arid desert of southern Algeria, each with a central ventilation shaft

Bukhara - Uzbekistan - A fine camel (carrying sticks?) and driver

Egypt - Marriage Pavilion carried by camels
The Portable Pavilion used for a marriage ceremony, carried between two camels - Egypt. The elegant design of the pavilion and the decoration on the camels is a delight

Karachi - Camel Train
A Camel Train - Karachi. In 1937, Karachi was in India - became part of newly created Pakistan in 1947. The camels appear to be carrying large bundles of reeds

Two camels and a horse, Kashgar, western China
Two camels and a horse transporting goods in Kashgar, western China

Camel Train and Owner - Chanak, Turkey
Camel Train and owner at Chanak, Turkey with some children in the foreground

Young Turkish Kurdish man
Young Kurdish Boy standing with a rifle and holding a camel whip. Interestingly, this card was published by the French Jesuit Armenian Mission in Syria

Bursa - Turkey - Turkish merchants
Turkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey. Fourth largest city and the first Ottoman Capital

Camels at rest - Constantinople
Four camels and their drivers resting in Constantinople

A camel train - Constantinople
A camel train passing through Constantinople

Adana, Turkey - Caravan of Camels
Adana, capital of Adana Province in south east Turkey. The ancient Antioch on the Sarus. One of the largest cities in Turkey - the gateway to the Cilician Plane

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Melon Market
The Melon Market at Smyrna (Izmir)

Foreign houses - Beijing, China
Foreign style house in Beijing, China. A camel caravan passes by

Desert Scene - Egypt
A superb view of the Egyptian desert, close to the Pyramids at Giza

Camel Train in Australia
Camel Train in Central Australia

Aden, Yemen - Chieftains Camel
An Arabian Chieftains camel and drummer boy with his kettle drums - Aden, Yemen

Yemen - Camel Caravan at Rest, Aden

Yemen - Arrival of a camel caravan, Aden - the animals sit outside a Turkish shop. The message on the reverse of the card reads: " Nice little things these camels" !

Hodeidah, Yemen - Loading and Unloading
Hodeidah, Yemen - Loading and unloading camel trains on the Red Sea Coast

Yemen - Camel Caravan, Aden

Yemen - Camel Water Cart at Aden

Agra Fort, India
View of the Agra Fort, Agra, India, also known as Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and Red Fort of Agra. It can be more accurately described as a walled palatial city

Camel Caravan passing from the Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass, Afghanistan - Fort Ali-Musjid

Izmir, Turkey - The Quayside
A typical Quayside scene at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey with tram lines, a fine lampost and a passing camel train

Izmir, Turkey - Customs House and Warehouses
Barges and quayside with a passing camel train, alongside the Customs House and Warehouses at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Izmir, Turkey - A Camel fight
A camel fight at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. The two beasts of burden lock humps as the crowd watches on!

Izmir, Turkey - A Fine Camel
A very handsome, heavily-laden camel with his driver, prepare to leave from Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Baby Camel Dromedary
A baby camel with a rather flat looking hump -- it will need to drink more water

Samsun - Camel train leaves for Baghdad
Camel train leaving for Baghdad from Samsun, Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital of Samsun Province and important Port. Former Greek colony (BC). Captured by Seljuks in 1200

Izmir, Turkey - Camel Train drinking
Camels from a Camel train in the waters of the Melez River which flows towards Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey. In recent years this river has been heavily polluted

Samsun - Camels transporting tobacco
Camel train transporting tobacco from Bafra to Samsun, Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea. Capital of Samsun Province and important Port. Former Greek colony (BC). Captured by Seljuks in 1200

Aden - Yemen - Native Camel Cart

Egypt - Alexandria - Small Mosque
A small Mosque in the desert close to Alexandria, Egypt

A group of Camels at the Sweet Waters of Europe
A seated camel train at the Sweet Waters of Europe, Constantinople, Turkey

Riding on a Bactrian Camel - London Zoo
Three Children riding on the back of a Bactrian Camel (including a little lad riding on the neck of the poor old beast!) at the London Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London

Turkish shop in Bursa
Turkish street merchants outside a general hardware store at Bursa - Turkey

Khyber Pass - Afghanistan / Pakistan - Trade Caravans
The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location

The Holy Carpet
The start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1

Nomads making rugs in the desert, Tunisia
Nomads making rugs in the desert in front of their low tents, Tunisia

The Holy Carpet carried to Mecca
The start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1

Bedouin Tent with Camel, Egypt
Bedouin Tent with Camel in the Egyptian desert

Sunset over the desert and Pyramids, Egypt

Camel group close to the Pyramid of Khufu, Egypt

El-Marg village close to Cairo, Egypt

Bisharin Man holding a spear, whilst riding his camel
Bisharin Man with a spear on the back of his camel. The Bisharin are a Sunni Muslim tribe of the Beja nomadic ethnic group in the eastern part of the Nubian Desert in Sudan

Egyptian Oasis with Giza Pyramids in distance
A view from an Egyptian oasis toward the distinctive outline of one of the pyramids at Giza in the background. An Egyptian man brings his camel to the water to drink. A very fine composition and scene

The German South-West Camel Corps

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