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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.

A Roumanian beauty out for a stroll in Sinaia. Tall, dark with jet bla...

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-C2... More

One of the smart hotels of Sinaia An oil well in Roumania owned by German capitalists.

One of the smart hotels of Sinaia An oil well in Roumania owned by Ger...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including the Sinaia Palace hotel and an oil well.

[Kurplatz with hydrotherapic baths and Hotel Karaimann, Sinaia, Roumania]

[Kurplatz with hydrotherapic baths and Hotel Karaimann, Sinaia, Rouman...

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bobbed hair has caught the youth of Roumania and jazz music was not far behind. Here is an aristocratic maid in peasant costume at a wayside resort in Roumania In Europe hotel porters are powerful friends or enemies. The kodak made friends with this czar at the palace hotel in Sinaia ; In the market place of Bucharest care is taken to weigh out articles sold.

Bobbed hair has caught the youth of Roumania and jazz music was not fa...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: Peasant woman and girl with baskets and upper class girl with woman next to railroad car; hotel porter in uniform at the Palace Hotel, Sinaia, and a man weighing ob... More

Roumanian embroidered dresses, N.G. A Roumanian school on an excursion to Sinaia.

Roumanian embroidered dresses, N.G. A Roumanian school on an excursion...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including boy standing in front of dresses hanging on lines and a group of school children walking down a road. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1325... More

A driver of the old school. He hopes to die before the inartistic automobile supplants his elegant victoria with prancing teams of greys, on the boulevards of Buckharest [i.e. Bucharest] A corner of Sinia the smart summer colony of Roumania high in the pine clad Carpathian mountains ; Roumanian girls are good to look at but they prefer their Latin brothers to the cold Anglo-Saxon.

A driver of the old school. He hopes to die before the inartistic auto...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: a horse-drawn carriage driver in uniform, Bucharest; a road in the woods with a large building in the background, Sinaia; and a group of men and women outside a bui... More

In the late afternoon the narrow Calea Victoria of Bucharest sparkles with fine clothes and jewelry of beautiful women and male eyes are wide open to feast on the scene A street in Sinaia.

In the late afternoon the narrow Calea Victoria of Bucharest sparkles ...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: people in the Calea Victoriei (Victory Street), Bucharest and a road in Sinaia.

[Pelesch (i.e., Peles) Castle, Sinaia, Roumania]

[Pelesch (i.e., Peles) Castle, Sinaia, Roumania]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16768". Forms part of: Views of Bucharest and Sinaia, Romania in the Photochrom ... More

The oil fields of Roumania Homes for American workmen in the oil fields. One American company has investments amounting to [blank].

The oil fields of Roumania Homes for American workmen in the oil field...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including oil wells and a Romanian woman standing in front of a house. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1319 (top image) and no. 1320 (bottom image).... More

Even the nursemaids of Romania are attractive. Here is a group in Sinaia Nothing to do all day but watch a cow. That is the job of this Roumanian peasant boy. It is during the long hours that he plays his flute and learns the songs of the birds ; Beautiful parks surround the hotels of Sinaia where fountains play and the setting sun makes rainbow colors in the spray.

Even the nursemaids of Romania are attractive. Here is a group in Sina...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including: women with baby carriages in a park in Sinaia, a young boy cowherd with a cow, and a water fountain in a park in Sinaia. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C... More

[Pelesch (i.e., Peles) Castle, Kloster Sinaia, hotels, Kaserne, Ungarth and villas, Sinaia, Roumania]

[Pelesch (i.e., Peles) Castle, Kloster Sinaia, hotels, Kaserne, Ungart...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16766". Forms part of: Views of Bucharest and Sinaia, Romania in the Photochrom ... More

The casino at Sinaia where one may dance, gamble or see old American movies [People walking down tree-lined street]

The casino at Sinaia where one may dance, gamble or see old American m...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including the Sinaia Casino and a woman walking down a street. no. 1313: no. 1316: Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1313 (top image) and no. 1316 (b... More

The park and Casino in Sinaia with the Carpathians in the background The University of Bucharest showing the Byzantine architecture.

The park and Casino in Sinaia with the Carpathians in the background T...

Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1327 (top image) and no. 1328 (bottom image). In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [33]. Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels. Forms part of: ... More

The casino at Sinaia where one may dance, gamble or see old American movies Roumanian embroideries, N.G.

The casino at Sinaia where one may dance, gamble or see old American m...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including the Sinaia Casino and textiles hanging on a line between two trees. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1311 (top image) and no. 1312 (bottom ... More

Bright uniforms of the Roumanian officers add to the color of Sinaia's promenade. Rumors have it that corsets and cosmetics often form a part of the officer's equipment in this gay country of the east

Bright uniforms of the Roumanian officers add to the color of Sinaia's...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In memory of Carmen Sylva. The entrance of the church of Carmen Sylva, late queen of Roumania. In a style of Architecture peculiar to the near East, this church at Sinaia in the Transylvanian apps, stands as a monument to Roumania's much beloved ruler. The American Red Cross found it well to establish a station in this town as people for miles around came to worship here

In memory of Carmen Sylva. The entrance of the church of Carmen Sylva,...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Paris Office. Group title: Roumania. On caption card: (11422) Used in: Ex. i... More

[Upper Prahova, Sinaia, Roumania] view, photochrome print postcard.

[Upper Prahova, Sinaia, Roumania] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "16767". Forms part of: Views of Bucharest and Sinaia, Romania in the Photochrom ... More

Roumanian embroderies hanging in the streets of Sinaia. N.G. [Man standing in the street]

Roumanian embroderies hanging in the streets of Sinaia. N.G. [Man stan...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including embroidered cloths and man standing in the street.

The Monastery at Sinaia. It was here that Carmen Sylva, late Queen of Roumania, came to worship. It was left intact despite the war, although the American Red Cross workers found the district badly in need of medical aid. The American relief organization received fine cooperation from the monastery people

The Monastery at Sinaia. It was here that Carmen Sylva, late Queen of ...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC. Paris Office. Group title: Roumania. On caption card: (11470) Used in: Tech,... More

Sinaia hotel and fountain The casino at Sinaia where one may dance, gamble or see old American movies.

Sinaia hotel and fountain The casino at Sinaia where one may dance, ga...

Photographs show scenes in Romania including a hotel with fountain and the Sinaia Casino. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1317 (top image) and no. 1318 (bottom image). Text under imag... More

In the Piping Days of Old. This beautiful garden, a part of the Roumanian Royal Summer Palace at Sinai, was the scene of gorgeous festivals. But today it witnesses only processions of misery and want. For near it there is an American Red Cross relief station where the Roumanian peasants, made destitute by the war, come for rations of food, clothes and medical attention. Superstitious natives say its roses will never bloom again as the result of the scenes that have been enacted about it during the past year. In the foreground of the photo is Miss Constanza Caplescu, a Roumanian-American nurse who is serving with the Red Cross

In the Piping Days of Old. This beautiful garden, a part of the Rouman...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office. Group title: Gen. Roumania. On caption card: (12/1132) Used in:... More

Queen Marie of Roumania sets the styles of dress of her country. In the summer she adopts the colorful embroidered costume of the Transylvanian peasant woman. Here is the daughter of the rich in Sinaia wearing the costume

Queen Marie of Roumania sets the styles of dress of her country. In th...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection. Public domain photograph of Hungary, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The entrance to the old monastery at Sinaia in Roumania. This old institution cooperated greatly with the A.R.C. in its relief work among the people of this district. This was one of the few ancient monuments that was spared during the war in the Balkans

The entrance to the old monastery at Sinaia in Roumania. This old inst...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office. Group title: Roumania. On caption card: (11424) Used in: Ex. Ma... More