Port-Said: Prince Farouk Street

Text on the back -POST CARD:Egypt Edition: The Simon Arzt Store, Port-Said Cliché & Copiright by Lehnert & Landrock.;Production period - beginning of the 20th century;Front Period - beginning of the 20th century;Category - Jewish Businesses;Description - This horizontal postcard depicts a photograph of Prince Farouk Street in Port Said. (See an older photograph of this street in the postcard hof10-0382). This main and large street is flanked by several houses with grand balconies upstairs and commerces on the ground floor. We can see for example on the left corner the famous store of Simon Artz. [S.H.] Simon Arzt was a Turkish tobacco plantation owner producing his cigarettes in Egypt. His first factory got established in 1869 at Port Said. [S.H];Back Handwritten Text - My dear mother, I am now in port Said and am writing this card in the shop marked with a X (..);Stamp Place on postcard - top right corner of back;Stamp Origin - Egypt (Country);Post office marks Origin - Port Said (City);Post office marks Languages Of Text - Arabic