Post by Uncle Henry on Nov 28, 2017 7:19:31 GMT -5
Picture Postcard twenty-three
On the back:
"Klakksvík. Biggest village on the Northern Islands, Faroe Islands." The double k does not appear to be the modern Faroese spelling - perhaps it is Icelandic or Norwegian; this card was "printed in Norway". The "village" is now called a "town", and there is a fantastic photo-graph of it here, when enlarged:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaksv%C3%ADk
What we wonder is that black shape in the foreground?
On the back:
"Klakksvík. Biggest village on the Northern Islands, Faroe Islands." The double k does not appear to be the modern Faroese spelling - perhaps it is Icelandic or Norwegian; this card was "printed in Norway". The "village" is now called a "town", and there is a fantastic photo-graph of it here, when enlarged:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaksv%C3%ADk
What we wonder is that black shape in the foreground?