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Postcard Bosnia Bosnian Farmhouse Bauernhof c1906 Pre-Linen Hand Color
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Pre-linen · 1906

Postcard Bosnia Bosnian Farmhouse Bauernhof c1906 Pre-Linen Hand Color

Bosnia, Bosnia-Herzegovina1906Pre-linenGood

A picturesque glimpse of rural Bosnian life under Austro-Hungarian administration: a whitewashed two-storey farmhouse with a steep thatched-shingle hip roof stands behind a lush green lawn where a man in traditional red fez and striped vest carries a basket of firewood while a second figure rests on the grass and a third sits further back beside a grazing goat. The caption reads Ein bosnischer Bauernhof — "A Bosnian Farmhouse" — a subject that Austro-Hungarian publishers marketed heavily to satisfy European curiosity about the newly annexed Balkan territories. Published by Albert Thier of Sarajevo (catalogue S2651), the "Dopisnica / Correspondenz-Karte" back format dates this card to the early divided-back era, approximately 1905–1910.

  • Caption: Ein bosnischer Bauernhof
  • Card no.: S2651
  • Publisher: Verlag Albert Thier, Sarajevo
  • Photographer: Unknown
  • Series: Bosnian ethnographic / rural scenes
  • Postmark: None (unused)
  • Status: Unused; bright colour, minor wear
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PC-00842 · Verlag Albert Thier, Sarajevo
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