Re: [Cz-L] Where was this, and when?

Dear Jessica,
  This is not Czernowitz.
    On the inscription on the pool border it writes: Regina Maria.
   There is a parc in Bucharest by this name.
     But this is not positive - other cities had Queen Mary parcs.
      But not Czernowitz.
Hardy
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From: "Attiyeh" <rea_at_ucsd.edu>
To: <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 2:43 AM
Subject: [Cz-L] Where was this, and when?

> Hello, Czernowitzers --
>
> Below are links to two photographs of my father. I am hoping that
> some of you might recognize the setting: it looks like a park, and
> the style of the stone work behind the pond seems rather distinctive.
> So, is this in Czernowitz? Or in Vienna, perhaps?
>
> Also, the outfit my father is wearing might help to tell you when it
> was taken. I don't think he would ever have worn those clothes after
> coming to New York in 1911, although if someone recognizes the park
> as someplace in America I'd like to know that too. Is this a typical
> horse-riding outfit in Czernowitz? Or just something that was the
> style at some period?
>
> I never saw my father with such long hair either. So, I hope that the
> park, the clothing, and the hair style might be clues that help you
> to identify the "when" and the "where" and maybe even the "why" of
> this photo. This information could tell me more about my father's
> life in the years before America than he ever told me himself!
>
> Thank you in advance. Here are the two links. Jerome, my artistic
> cousin, posted them for me, in pink and in blue, but I don't think
> you will be able to see his artistry!
> Jessica Falikman Attiyeh, San Diego, CA
>
> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/tmp/jess/1.jpg
> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com/tmp/jess/2.jpg
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