Thessalonika Collection (page 9)

Music in French camp - Thessaloniki
Music in the French camp - Thessaloniki, Greece. This fascinating card has a strong historical interest - In 1915, during World War I

Patriotic Greek Card from the First World War showing the Greeks triumphing over the Turks - likely to be in Thessaloniki

Naosu Station, Thessaloniki, Greece
Naosu Station, Thessaloniki, Monastir line

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

Salonika during Turkish Occupation
Salonika, Greece during Turkish Occupation

Salonica, Greece - The Quayside

Salonica - St Dimitrius Church
The exterior of the Apse of the Church of St Dimitrius, Salonica, Greece

Salonica - Greek Shepherds
Salonica - Four Greek Shepherds, circa 1917-18

Salonica - Yedi-Kule Fortress - Greece
The Fortress of the Seven Towers ( Yedi-Kule) - Salonica, Greece

The City Walls at Salonica
The City Wall at Salonica, Greece

Salonica - Dervish House - Greece
Tekke - Dervish Meeting House at Salonica, Greece

Salonica - Group of Women from Kiretch-Kieuy, drawing water from a well (albeit one in the photographers studio!)

Salonica - Group of Whirling Dervishes with ney player and Koranic reciter (reader). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Ney player - Salonica - Mevlevi Dervish
Ney player - Salonica. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Salonica - Mevlevi Mosque (Meyla-Hani)
Salonica - Mevlevi Mosque (Mayla-Hani). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Salonica - Dervish Ablution Fountain outside Mosque
Salonica - Dervish Ablution Fountain outside the Mosque. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Whirling Dervish with ney player - Salonica
Whirling Dervish with ney player, Salonica. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey leaving the Mosque of St Sophie in Salonica. Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918)

Salonica - Greece
Birds-eye view of Salonica, showing the tightly-packed streets of the town centre (containing the Jewish Quarter) and houses and boats moored against the harbour

Albania - Two Albanian men in Salonica
Albania - Two Albanian soldiers in traditional costume in Salonica

Greece Costumes - Salonica
Four variants of Greek costume from Salonica

Salonica, Fortifications at the Turkish cemetery
Salonica, Fortifications at the entrance to the Turkish cemetery

Eski Jumah, or Old Mosque, Salonica, Greece

Salonica - Panorama of the harbour and town

WWI - Balkans - General Sarrail - Thessaloniki
WWI - Thessaloniki - General Sarrail heading toward the Saint-Louis in a small steam launch, having left the Provence

Indian troops in Salonica - 1916
Indian troops in Salonica during WWI

Greetings from the Salonika Army
Chrstmas Greetings from the British Army on Salonika. Finish Johnny - which alludes to the impending closing stages of the war and the desire (of the troops abroad) to be home as soon as possible

English Troops landing at Thessaloniki
In 1915, during World War I, a large Allied expeditionary force landed at Thessaloniki as the base for operations against pro-German Bulgaria

Proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica
The proclamation of the new Constitution - Salonica (now part of Greece), on 24th July 1908 - revolutionary military group from Resna, South West Macedonia under the commmand of Melek Bey

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

British soldiers on Quinine parade
A photograph of British soldiers stationed at the Greek port of Salonika receiving their daily ration of quinine. During the war disease was a particular problem for the Allied troops at

A British shaving saloon, at Salonika
A photograph of British soldiers beside a shaving saloon, in their fortified position at the Greek port of Salonika. The walls of the hut in which a soldier is being shaved are decorated with

Column of Russian soldiers marching to the Balkan front
A large number of Russian infantry, equipped with only recently introduced steel helmets, are shown marching towards the Balkan front

Russian soldieres at Salonika marching to the Balkan front
Russian soldiers, recently arrived in the Allied encampment at the Greek port of Salonika, are shown marching towards the Balkan front

A French heavy-gun battery on the Macedonian border A French heavy-gun battery is pictured moving uphill through lines of barbed wire on the Balkan front, October 1916

Greek troops gathered on the docks at Salonika
A photograph of soldiers loyal to the newly formed Committee of National defence on the docks at the Greek port of Salonika, September 1916

British landing at Salonika
The first British troops arriving at Salonika in Greece. The British landed at Salonika on October 5th 1915 with the intention of aiding Serbia. Driven back by Bulgarian forces, the expedition failed

Guadalquivir Ablaze
Boats row to the rescue when this steamship catches fire in the harbour at Salonika, Greece

Ambrose and Theodosius
SAINT AMBROSE, bishop of Milan, is disapproving when emperor Theodosius massacres 7000 people of Thessalonica, and orders him to do public penance - which he does

View of Salonica Harbour
A view of SALONICA the ancient Thessalonica

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