Kapnomagazon Street

The present-day Michail Karaoli Street in Xanthi, Kapnomagazon Street as mentioned in the caption. Today, few examples of tobacco warehouse buildings, also known as tobacco shops, from the heyday of the late 19th to the early 20th century, survive.
“…the buildings introduce to Xanthi the European architectural standards of the time. By the beginning of 1920, it is estimated that at least 120 buildings of different sizes and types were in full operation as tobacco warehouses or tobacco factories.”

Creator: Unknown (around 1900)
Source: Dimitris Mavridis private collection