Description

2 black and white photographs, contemporary annotations on the front in black ink, contemporary annotations in pencil on one photograph verso, 12 x 13 cm and 13 x 13 cm (4.7 x 5.1 and 5.1 x 5.1 inches) (Very Good, one soft fold in each photo).

A pair of original photos, dated June 20 and 22, 1917, represent temple ruins of Baalbek and reception room of a private palace in Damascus.

They were made during WWI by a Bulgarian lieutenant colonel Nikola Kableshkov (1868-?), who is signed in the corner of the Baalbek photograph. Kableshkov was a first cousin of the Bulgarian hero Todor Kableshkov. He was promoted to major general in 1920.