Juifs travaillant la mosaïque

Front Text - P.L. DERMOND, édit. (poste autrichienne), Smyrne 251.;Text on the back -CARTE POSTALE:Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse;Back Printed Text Translation - POSTCARD:This side is exclusively reserved to the address;Production period - before 1903;Front Handwritten Text - Smyrne 30/5/03 N. 46 (?);Front Period - beginning of the 20th century;Category - Children;Description - This vertical postcard depicts a photograph of two Jewish men - a man and probably his son - from Smyrna, in their workshop. They are sitting on the floor and are busy working the mosaic: the father, in the center, is sawing wood which will serve as a stand and the boy, on the left, seems to make patterns. They are apparently skilled in mosaic furniture. We can see indeed one of their works on the right: a large vertical table covered with mosaic patterns as hexagons and Stars of David (Magen David). They are traditionally dressed and wear the fez (red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone). [S.H];Back Handwritten Text - Imprimée;Back Handwritten Text Translation - Printed;Post office marks Languages Of Text - French