A striking monochrome postcard showing laborers transferring coal from small boats to a steamship at the port of Suez. The scene captures the industrial activity and manual effort typical of early 20th-century maritime trade.
•Posted or not: Posted (postmark dated 1904, Suez)
•Type: Real photo postcard (RPPC)
•Approximate production date: Circa early 1900s
•Publisher: J. S. Antippa & Co., Cairo (card no. 48)