Bulgaria: Karlova Roma Romani Gypsies Family Portrait Ethnography (Vintage RPPC ~1910s/1920s)

vintage real photo postcard from bulgaria featuring an ethnographic group portrait of a romani family in the town of karlovo

the image depicts a mother wearing a traditional headscarf a father in a cap and waistcoat and four young children standing outdoors in front of a historic stone wall or tower base

hand written notes on the front in german and bulgarian/cyrillic text include zigeunerfamilie karlovo and tumna

the reverse side is an unused unposted divided back postcard with a printed triangular stamp box outline

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)