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

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

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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