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Don't you suppose they are probably Serbians?

Cassies grandma: Thanks for the information. Serbs or Serbians would probably be the term used today. The captions for the Bain collection reflect the language at the time they were made. We will update the source data and reload the description.

I am so thrilled looking at these pictures. It is a real history lesson. and I really appreciate your efforts to make the accurate. And I enjoy reading all the comments

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Старе Српске Фотографиjе/Old Serbian Photos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!


Молимо додајте oву фотографију у групу:
Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos

Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos

Peter I, King of Serbia (Servia), later King of Yugoslavia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Serbia

NYTimes for October 26, 1912 describes how the "Turks Abandon Uskub, victorious Servians Take Possession of the Imporant Stronghold." From Wikipedia article: "The Ottomans were shortly expelled from the city in August 12, 1912 by the local Slavic population. Several months later the city was captured by the Serbs at the beginning of First Balkan War." According to Wikipedia: "In 1912, the name was officially changed from Uskub (the Turkish name for Skopje) to Skoplie. Skopje is the capital and largest city of Macedonia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje

Skopje is the capital and largest city of F.Y.R.O.M I don't know any country with the name of Macedonia

Hello, Greek!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Старе Српске Фотографиjе/Old Serbian Photos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!


Молимо додајте oву фотографију у групу:
Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos

Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos