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JEWISH LIFE
Some of the cards depict themes from Jewish life in various countries. They were sent mainly on the occasion of Jewish holidays, or, in...
HISTORICAL EVENTS
An extremely strange subject for postcards is the massacre of the Armenians in Adana, Türkiye in 1909. It seems they were printed by Levantines,...
LANGUAGES
The languages used by the Beza family and their associates in their correspondence are mainly French, often mixed with Italian, Judeo-Spanish (both in Latin...
TECHNOLOGY
Many postcards, mainly sent by Isaac Beza's colleagues, proudly depict both the existing technology in effective use, e.g. textile factories, as well as the...
BUSINESS PARTNERS
Cards sent by associates of Isaac Beza, demonstrating the extent of the family's trade relations not only in the Near East, the Balkans and...
COUNTRIES AND NAMES OF CITIES
The names of the many cities and countries on the postcards represent Europe and the Near East on the eve of the First World...
TOURISTIC AND FAMOUS PLACES
Images from places that even today attract tourist interest could as a matter of course not be missing. Some remain famous and eternally popular;...
EXHIBITION CONTRIBUTORS
EXHIBITION CURATOR Zanet Battinou
RESEARCH – TEXTS Christina Meri Alexios Menexiadis
TEXT EDITING Alexios Menexiadis
GRAPHIC DESIGN Hayia Cohen Eliza Solomon
COMMUNICATIONS Elisa Solomon
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE Leonidas Papadopoulos
The Jewish...
