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SINGER
TIFLIS.-
COPYRIGHT 1894, BY THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
OVER.
th.Co.
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TIFLIS,
THE CHIEF CITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAME NAME AND THE
CAPITAL OF RUSSIAN CAUCASIA, IS SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE
KÜR, 165 MILES AS THE CROW FLIES, EAST SOUTH-EAST OF THE BLACK
SEA. SINCE 1883, IT HAS BEEN CONNECTED BY RAIL WITH BATOUM ON
THE EUXINE AND BAKU ON THE CASPIAN, AND IS THE CHIEF CENTRE
OF TRADE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND PERSIA. THE OLD CITY, WHICH CON-
SISTED OF THREE PARTS AND TRACED ITS HISTORY, AS THE CAPITAL OF
THE GEORGIAN PRINCES, BACK TO THE 5TH CENTURY, HAS BEEN.GREATLY
METAMORPHOSED SINCE THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION IN 1795 AND ANNEX-
ATION IN 1802. OUR PICTURE SHOWING THREE MEN AT WORK WITH A
"SINGER" SEWING MACHINE, MAKING HATS AND OTHER WEARING AP-
PAREL, WILL GIVE ONE A VERY GOOD IDEA OF THE STYLE OF COSTUME
WORN BY THE WORKMEN OF TIFLIS.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING CO.
