Antique postcard: Legend: Marriage couple turned to stones by Allah, unposted-image
Antique postcard: Legend: Marriage couple turned to stones by Allah, unposted-image
Antique postcard: Legend: Marriage couple turned to stones by Allah, unposted-image

Antique postcard: Legend: Marriage couple turned to stones by Allah, unposted

$ 1.59

City: Guelma Postage Condition: Unposted Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919 Subject: Hammam Meskoutine Type: Printed (Lithograph) Country: Algeria Material: Paper Era: Undivided Back (1901-1907) Unit of Sale: Single Unit Features: Undivided Back Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in) Country/Region of Manufacture: France Brand/Publisher: Cyprien Nataf, Editeur Number of Items in Set: 1 Theme: Arab legend, Hammam Meskoutine, Thermal springs Region: North Africa Continent: Africa

Description

Antique postcard: Per Arab legend a powerful chief wanted to marry his sister. As they withdrew a terrible upheaval occured and when the dust cleared, the couple had been turned to stone. Unposted, excellent condition. My grandfather bought this in 1906. He was in the US Navy from 1904 to 1907.

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