Type de vieux juifA type of an old jew

Front Text - Edit. Rollet SALONIQUE 101.SALONIQUE 93. Vue du Monastère des Derviches Tourneurs A view of the doucing dervises'Monastery.;Text on the back -Carte Postale:IMP. B & G. LYON;Production period - before 1917;Front Period - beginning of the 20th century;Category - Jewish types;Description - This horizontal postcard depicts two vertical photographs: the left one depicts an old Jew in Thessaloniki. He is standing outside, probably in a souk. He has a long white beard, wears traditional clothes and a fez (felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone). He also holds a stick. Around him they are several people: one of them, an old Jew too, is sitting on the ground next to a fruits basket. He seems to be a fruit-seller. The right photograph depicts a view of the Whirling dervishes' Monastery of Thessaloniki, called usually tekke in Turkish. These religious establishments, during all the ottoman history, helped to liven up the social and intellectual life of the cities. This tekke is situated in the middle of nature, in a remote area, probably outside the ramparts of the city. [S.H];Back Handwritten Text - Le 16 fev. 1917 (...)