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Women in Traditional Clothing from Salonikia, 1873

Studio portrait of models wearing tradtional clothing from Salonika, Ottoman Empire. This 1873 picture depicts (L to R): A married Jewish woman of Salonika; a Bulgarian woman of Perlèpè (Prilep); a married Muslim woman of Salonika.
Photograph by Pascal Sébah, courtesy of U.S. Library of Congress.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Women in Traditional Clothing from Salonikia, 1873." (Viewed on June 15, 2026) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/turkey-4-still-image>.