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1877 UNITED STATES (Arizona) - Mission San Xavier del Bac in Tucson
Located about 16km south of downtown Tucson, on the Tohono O'odhamSan Xavier Indian Reservation, Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission, founded in 1692 and named for a...
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1878 MEXICO - The Tlacolula Market
Located at about 30 km from the center of the city of Oaxaca, Tlacolula de Matamoros is the main commercial center for the Tlacolula Valley area, and best known for its weekly open air market (or...
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1879 JORDAN - Black iris, Jordan's national flower
Black iris (Iris nigricans), a flowering plant in the family Iridaceae which needs direct sun and sharp drainage, is the national flower of Jordan and can be found all across the country, particularly...
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1880 UNITED STATES (Ohio) - Bierberg Bakery in Columbus
Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, Columbus was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. The National Road reached...
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1881 FRANCE - Two children
I believe that this is an advertising postcard, issued by La Redoute, a French mail order company, a multi-line retailer specializing in ready to wear apparel and home decor. It is the 2nd largest...
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1882 UNITED STATES (Mississippi) - The map and the flag of State of Mississippi
Placed on the eastern bank of Mississippi River, and bordered by Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Gulf of Mexico, the state of Mississippi is entirely composed of lowlands, the highest...
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1883-1887 NETHERLANDS (Sint Maarten) - Philipsburg
1883 Sint Maarten - Philipsburg - The peninsula that separates the Little Bay and Great BayPhilipsburg is the main town and capital of Sint Maarten (a constituent country of the Kingdom of the...
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1888 RUSSIA (Republic of Buryatia) - A little Buryat dancer
With a population of about 500,000, the Buryats, the major northern subgroup of the Mongols, are the largest indigenous group in Siberia, mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, but...
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1889 UNITED KINGDOM (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha) -...
Located in the equatorial waters of the South Atlantic Ocean, at around 1,600km from the coast of Africa and 2,250km from the coast of Brazil, the isolated Ascension Island is governed as part of the...
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1890 ROMANIA (Constanţa) - Grand Mosque of Constanța
In 1878, when it became part of the Kingdom of Romania (newly indepedendent), after five centuries of Ottoman rule almost uninterrupted, the Northern Dobrogea had a very diverse ethnic composition and...
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1891 CHINA (Hong Kong) - Peak Tram in Hong Kong
The Peak Tramway is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island, running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the...
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1892 NETHERLANDS (Aruba) - Plaza Daniel Leo in Oranjestad
Located on the southern coast, near the western end of the island, Oranjestad, the capital and largest city of Aruba, had formed around Fort Zoutman shortly after it was built in 1796. Initially it had...
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1893 CAMEROON - Contemporary architecture in Yaoundé
Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon, and the second largest city in the country after the port city Douala. The city centre houses government offices, some hotels, and the central market. The...
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1894 INDONESIA - One national ID card for every citizen
The Kartu Tanda Penduduk, commonly KTP, is an Indonesian identity card (literally: Resident Identity Card). Since 2011, the Indonesian government has implemented E-KTP or KTP elektronik which contains...
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1895-1898 FRANCE (Saint Martin) - Marigot
1895 Saint Martin - Marigot seen from the Fort Saint Louis (1)Marigot is the main town and capital of Saint Martin (officially the Collectivity of Saint Martin, an overseas collectivity of France,...
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1899 GERMANY - An imaginary lighthouse?
At first I thought it is a photo, and I was surprised that on the backside of the postcard there is no description. It is written only "Atlantic Sea" (?). Of course that I searched on the Internet,...
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0601, 0602, 1900 ROMANIA (Hunedoara) - Corvin Castle
0601 Hunedoara - Corvin Castle (1)Posted on 16.04.2013, and 17.09.2015Located in Hunedoara, on a rock at the foot of which flow Zlaşti creek, a tributary of the Cerna River, Corvin Castle, known also...
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1111, 1901 ROMANIA - The map and the flag of the country
Posted on 23.06.2014, and 18.09.2015Located on the Lower Danube, at the north of the Balkan Peninsula (in which it is often framed, because of the historical and cultural similarities), on the western...
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1902 FRANCE - Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
Founded in 1833 to help impoverished people living in the slums of Paris, the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SSVP) is an international Catholic voluntary organization dedicated to the sanctification of...
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1903 SPAIN (Andalusia) - Marbella, on Costa del Sol
Situated on the Mediterranean Sea, between Málaga and the Gibraltar Strait, in the foothills of the Sierra Blanca, Marbella is one of the most important tourist cities of the Costa del Sol and...
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