A Roumanian beauty out for a stroll in Sinaia. Tall, dark with jet black hair and eyes, they account for the Roumanian man's distaste for work and desire for pleasure, which makes Bucharest famous as the "gay Paris of the East" "I do." Making out an application for a trip to the land of advertised golden bricks. A Roumanian emigrant at the American Consulate in Bucharest. Daily hundreds are turned away because of the oversubscribed quota.

Summer home of Roumanian Queen. Sinai, here pictured, is the summer home of the Roumanian King and Queen. In the foothills of the Carpathian mountains this spot affords pleasant relief from the sweltering plain country to the southward, where Bucharest, the capital city, is located. It was around Sinai that the American Red Cross treated hundreds of typhus cases and distributed tons of relief supplies to the destitute. Use of this royal home was given the Red Cross by the Queen. She spent much of her time here aiding personally in the relief work

Volunteer Workers in Roumania. A group of Roumanian peasants who volunteered their services to the American Red Cross at Bucharest in making garments for the poor in the devastated areas. One of the most admirable traits of these simple couuntry folk is a disposition to help their less fortunate sisters in the devastated countryside. The only return they sought was a little kerosene oil, so that they could work nights, and this the Red Cross was able to furnish them without difficulty

Roumania, Land of Bare Feet. All the clothes that this Roumanian war widow and her four children own, they have on their backs. All are barefoot as shoes are so scarce that few people wear them. These four children were pathetic "starvation" patients in one of the American Red Cross hospitals in Bucharest, and although they are now on the road to recovery they still show the after effects of mal-nutrition. All of them look aged beyond their years and their mentality is entirely retarded and torpid. Roumania is fast straightening out her economic situation but the was has left thousands of destitute people

Where Roumania is strong. It is the peasant women and men in which Roumania places her high hopes, for a regenerated nationalism. This is a type of the Transylvanian peasant woman. For five years she has taken a man's place in the field, workshop and factories. And her child does not show any neglect at that. American Red Cross workers in this district say that with a continuance of medical relief Roumania will soon regain her feet

Only "Newspaper" in Monastir. The crier of Monastir, Serbia, snapped while announcing to the populace the distribution of American Red Cross clothing. Serbia has a high percentage of illiteracy, so the authorities stick to the ancient town crier method of making public announcements. This chap goes from corner to corner, beating his drum until a crowd is collected, then announcing in a sonorous voice the latest edicts of the government and the news of the day

Palaces in Bucharest are elaborate. This is the old home of the beloved Carmen Sylva or first Queen of Roumania A Roumanian peasant.

A Roumanian beauty out for a stroll in Sinaia. Tall, dark with jet black hair and eyes, they account for the Roumanian man's distaste for work and desire for pleasure, which makes Bucharest famous as the "gay Paris of the East" "I do." Making out an application for a trip to the land of advertised golden bricks. A Roumanian emigrant at the American Consulate in Bucharest. Daily hundreds are turned away because of the oversubscribed quota.

description

Summary

Photographs show scenes in Romania including a young woman walking in a street, Bucharest and a Romanian man filling out an application to come to the United States.

Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26.
On page: no. 1296 (top image) and no. 1297 (bottom image).
In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [16].
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

date_range

Date

01/01/1923

person

Contributors

Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer

place

Location

Bucharest (Romania), 44.43333, 26.10000

create

Source

Library of Congress

link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/

No known restrictions on publication.

Explore more

LOC's Public Domain Archive

Related

Explore more