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VIEWS FROM A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
#38 - BUDA PESTH, HUNGARY
Size: 5" x 3"
Copyrighted: 1891
Lithographer: Joseph P. Knapp
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| Illustrations: Hungarian Beauty; A
Horseman; Buda Pesth; Danube River; Andrassy
Street; Imperial Residence |
| NOTE:
This card comes in (at least) three
varieties, distinguishable by the wording of the
caption on the front and the formatting of the
copyright notice. The variety shown above on the
left has only the country name, "HUNGARY",
at the bottom center. As shown in detail below,
the copyright notice for this version may consist
of either 2 or 3 lines of text. The card shown
above on the right gives both the city and the
country as "BUDA PESTH, HUNGARY".
I've only seen this version with the 3 line
copyright notice, as shown on the right, below.
The reverse of all three varieties appears to be
identical. |
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| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| BUDA-PESTH, HUNGARY. |
| The approach to Pesth is
recognized by the number of rafts
and barges moored to the banks,
the long rows of clacking water
mills, and the rocky citadel of
Buda. This Capital of Hungary
consists of two parts; Buda, the
old town on the right bank of the
Danube--the residence of the
king--and Pesth on the left
bank--the modern rising town, and
the seat of the Hungarian
government. They are connected by
a grand suspension bridge, near
which the steamers are moored.
the early history of Pesth was a
series of disasters; five times
it was conquered by the Turks,
but was finally rescued from them
by the Duke of Lorraine in 1686.
Since that time it has risen
rapidly in prosperity and
importance. It is now the finest,
most populous, and most important
commercial city of Hungary, and
constantly increasing in extent.
These features of thrift are
mainly due to its grain trade.
Regent and Bond streets, of
Pesth, may vie in the display of
their stores and the elaborately
painted signs, with those of
Vienna. These and the streets
leading to the bridge concentrate
the chief activity of the
population. The other streets and
squares have no marked features,
except their size and width, and
are often disagreeably dusty,
owing to the location of the town
in a sandy plain. The scenes in
the streets give a stranger the
mixed impression of splendor and
semi-barbarism. |
| Buda,
(called Ofen or Oven by the
Germans, on account of the hot
springs in its neighborhood,) was
held by the Turks for a century
and a half, twenty of their
mosques being afterward destroyed
by the Christians. The fortress
is situated partly on the summit
of a commanding rock, 485 feet
above the sea, and is reached
from the lower town by a tramway
constructed by the old Count
Szechényi. The rails are laid at
an angle of 45 degrees, and the
cars are raised by a stationary
engine, by means of a wire rope.
There is an ancient shrine on the
hill, in the midst of a vineyard,
behind the fort, to which
pilgrims come yearly from the
farthest part of Asia. |
| Population 1890, 465,600. |
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