Memories of Home
After Armenians began emigrating from the Ottoman Empire in large numbers during the last half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, they held on to the memories of their native cities and villages. They published numerous memorial books about their homeland, such as this example created by Armenians from Kharberd (Kharpert, modern Harput in Turkey). These photographs of Kharberd show master carpenters (left) and master stonemasons (right).
After Armenians began emigrating from the Ottoman Empire in large numbers during the last half of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, they held on to the memories of their native cities and villages. They published numerous memorial books about their homeland, such as this example created by Armenians from Kharberd (Kharpert, modern Harput in Turkey). These photographs of Kharberd show master carpenters (<em>left</em>) and master stonemasons (<em>right</em>).