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Hamed Brothers never sleep (1920)

Hamed Brothers (Lebanese Syrian Druze family) Store in Marlton, West Virginia, 1920’s with the brothers standing proudly in the front, under the huge sign of “We never sleep sale”.

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Dismemberment of Turkey (Puck magazine 1918)

England, Russia, France and Austria decide how to slice the Turkish Empire; a 1918 cartoon in Puck magazine after Turkey lost WW1

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Aleppo dancer on a camel

Dancer on a camel entertaining crowds by the Aleppo citadel

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Aleppo dinner with the Syrian President in 1946

Dinner menu when Syria’s President hosted visiting members of Arab medical conference in August 1946: Kubbeh, green beans with tomatoes, lamb stuffed with rise, pickles, Aleppo deserts (karabeej), ice cream, fruits and coffee.

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Yemen Land Rover – 1950s

Yemen Land Rover – 1950s

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Pepsi or Coca Cola in Mesopotemia

Pepsi or Coca Cola in Mesopotemia

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Outdoor barber shop, Beirut Syria 1920

Outdoor barber shop, Beirut Syria 1920

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Damascus shoe shiners, 1928

Damascus shoe shiners 1928

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Les Légionnaires Syriens dans l’armée Française

A post card showing Syrian soldiers in the French army

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Hammam Moderne

A print ad for a modern Hammam (a Baath tub). The ad states that health depends on the body’s cleanliness. The image on the left is titled “old system”, the image on the right is “Modern Baath”.

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