Finding Aid for the Souvenir Du Sahara, 1901-1904 2007.R.1
Amy Sloper
Special Collections
2007
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Souvenir du Sahara
Identifier/Call Number: 2007.R.1
Physical Description: 110 photographs
Date (inclusive): 1901-1904
Abstract: Album of photographs (70 gelatin silver, 38 albumen), probably created by an amateur photographer. Images document various
sites in or neighboring the Sahara, and features the major cities of Algeria including Oran, Tlemcen, Algiers, and Constantine,
as well as the desert oases of Taghit, Biskra, and Beni Abbes.
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Language of Material: French.
Scope and Content of Collection
The album of 108 photographs (70 gelatin silver, 38 albumen) taken mostly by an amateur photographer documents various sites
in or neighboring the Sahara, featuring the major cities of Algeria including Oran, Tlemcen, Algiers, and Constantine, as
well as the desert oases of Taghit, Biskra, and Beni Abbes. Particularly in the more remote regions, the photographs depict
the daily life of the indigenous peoples of the area, including Berbers, Jews, Muslims, and Kabyles, as well as a few Moroccans.
Numerous images of soldiers from the French military, both French and Algerian, highlight the occupation that was occuring
during the early 20th century. There are images of natural sites, such as landscapes, palm groves, and oases, as well as architecture,
tombs, mosques, and desert dwellings. The final portion of the album contains both studio and outdoor portraits of soldiers,
prostitutes, dancers, and indigenous peoples. Thirty-eight of these are by two or more unidentified commercial photographers.
Processing History
Processed by Amy Sloper.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 2007.
Preferred Citation
Souvenir du Sahara, 1901-1904, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2007.R.1
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2007r1
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Souvenir du Sahara, 1901-1904.
Digitzed Material
The collection was digitized by the repository and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/2007r1
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Albumen prints -- Algeria -- 20th century
Tlemcen (Algeria) -- Description and travel
Taghit (Algeria) -- Description and travel
Oran (Algeria) -- Description and travel
France -- Colonies -- Africa
Constantine (Algeria) -- Description and travel
Biskra (Algeria) -- Description and travel
Beni Abbes (Algeria) -- Description and travel
Algeria -- Military life
Berbers -- Algeria
Clothing and dress -- Algeria
Indigenous peoples -- Algeria
Jews -- Africa, North
Kabyles -- Portraits
Mosques -- Algeria
Oases -- Algeria
Plants -- Algeria
Occupations -- Algeria -- History -- 20th century
Streets -- Algeria
Soldiers
Algeria -- Description and travel
Tombs -- Algeria
Gelatin silver prints -- Algeria -- 20th century
Studio portraits -- Algeria -- 20th century
Photographs, Original
Souvenir du Sahara, Series I.
1901-1904
Souvenir du Sahara,: 1901-1904
Physical Description: 110 photographs
Scope and Contents note
French captions are handwritten in ink on the mounts, and are transcribed as they appear. Prints are gelatin silver unless
otherwise noted. Cataloger's descriptions for items without captions are in brackets. Inventory numbers, assigned by the repository,
refer to the album page number, a photograph number on a page, and recto and verso of the album page.
Arrangement
In original order.
item 1r.1-1r.2
Ksar el Azouj
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
item 1r.3-1r.4
Assi el Mir
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption in middle of page.
box 1, page 1r.3
La redoute—Les Tentes de la discipline
item 1v.1-1v.4
Taghit
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
item 2r.1-2r.4
Taghit
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 2r.2
Départ du Capitaine Susbiel
item 2v.1-2v.4
Taghit
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at side of page.
box 1, page 2v.1
Fillettes allant au puits
box 1, page 2v.2
Fillettes devant leur Gourbi
item 3r.1-3r.2
Tombés du Capitaine Vauchez et du Lieutenant Selchauhansen—Tombés à El Moungart en
1903
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 3r.3-3r.4
Marocains pris pour espionage et executés le même jour dans le bled
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in middle of page.
item 3v.1-3v.4
Taghit
Physical Description: 4 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 3v.3
Le redoute—Vue generale avec la palmaraie
box 1, page 3v.4
Le mur conduisant au puits qui nous garantissait des balles ennemies pendant l'attaque
item 4r.1-4r.4
Taghit
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 4r.2
Blessé amputé pendant l'attaque
item 4v.1-4v.2
Taghit
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
item 4v.3-4v.5
Mes amis
Physical Description: 3 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at bottom of page.
box 1, page 5r.1
[Outdoor Portrait of Standing Spahi Soldier]
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5r.2
[Outdoor Portrait of Two Standing Soldiers in Uniform]
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5r.3
[Outdoor Portrait of Standing Spahi Soldier]
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5r.4
Femme Mauresque
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5r.5
[Outdoor Portrait of White Soldier in Uniform]
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5r.6
Femme Kabyle
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5v.1
Barbit—Vue Générale
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5v.2
Sous off. du 1er Batt. a aff-
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5v.3
Timimoun—Interieur de la redoute
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5v.4
Bacty—Le Caïd Salem
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 5v.5
Tente de Douy-Ménia
Physical Description: 1 item
item 6r.1-6r.2
Oran
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 6v.1
Olïn-Sefra: Vue Générale
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 6v.2
Beni-Ounif: La tente du Marabout de Bec-de-Gaz
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 7r.1-7r.2
Djenan-Edaar: Vues de la Palmaraie
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 7v.1-7v.2
Djenan-Edaar—Camp des Disciplinaires
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption at top of page.
box 1, page 8r.1
Djenan-Edaar: Les Jardins
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 8r.2
Ksar-el-Azouj: Le puits
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 8v.1
Taghit: La Palmaraie et le Fort de l'Eperon
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 8v.2
Beni-Abbés: Vue Générale et la Mosquée
Physical Description: 1 item
item 9r.1-9r.2
Beni-Abbés
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 9r.1
La redoute et la Palmaraie
item 9v.1-9v.2
Beni-Abbés
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
item 10r.1-10r.2
Beni-Abbés
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
item 10v.1-10v.2
Mazére
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 11r.1
Mazére—Autre vue de Marché
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 11r.2
Spahis
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1037" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 11v.1
Clairon de tirailleurs
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1838"-negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 11v.2
Tambour de tirailleurs
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1837" - negative number. Albumen print.
item 12r.1-12r.2
Vues d'Alger
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 12r.1
Alger (Palais Consulaire)
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. Neg number 1751. Albumen print.
box 1, page 12r.2
Alger-Palais d'Ete
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. Negative number 1508. Albumen print.
box 1, page 12v.1
Alger—La Rampe Bugeaud
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print.
box 1, page 12v.2
Constantine / Vue Gén-le
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1864" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 13r.1
Mosquée El Djedid (Alger)
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "33" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 13r.2
Tunis-Rue Sidi-ben-Ziad et mosquée
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1431" - negative number. Albumen print.
item 13v.1-13v.2
Tlemcen
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 13v.1
Tlemcen: une Rue
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1326" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 13v.2
[Street scene]
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print.
box 1, page 14r.1
Biskra
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"614 Rue au Vieux Biskra"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 14r.2
Constantine
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"570 Pont d'El Kantara (Constantine)"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 14v.1
El-Kantara
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1378 El Kantara (Caravane)"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 14v.2
Biskra
Scope and Contents note
"1291 Biskra (Mearabout Sidi-Kesel)"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
item 15r.1-15r.2
Biskra
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 15r.1
Biskra-Vue Générale
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1334" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 15r.2
Biskra-Campement de nomades
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1377" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 15v.1
Vieux-Biskra
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"Vieux Biskra (Oasis)"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 15v.2
Dans le Bled
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 16r.1
Un Puits dans le Désert
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 16r.2
Danse indigène
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 16v.1
Bijoutier Juif
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 16v.2
Spahis en campagne
Physical Description: 1 item
box 1, page 17r.1
Un Caïd
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print.
box 1, page 17r.2
Kabyle
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1537—Montagnard Kabyle"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 17v.1
Mendiant
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print.
box 1, page 17v.2
Décrotteur
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1163.Décrotteur."—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 18r.1
Mauresques
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print.
box 1, page 18r.2
Chameaux au repos
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print.
item 18v.1-18v.2
Kabyles
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 18v.1
Femme de Bou Saâda
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1641" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 18v.2
[Studio portrait of young Kayble woman.]
Scope and Contents note
"1653 Jeune [...]" —caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 19r.1
Kabyle
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1223 Femme de Bou Saâda"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 19r.2
Une Danseuse
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1193 Mauresque danseur"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
item 19v.1-19v.2
Kaybles
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 19v.1
Jeune fille Kayble
Scope and Contents note
Titel from caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 19v.2
Jeune fille Kayble
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1615" - negative number. Albumen print.
item 20r.1-20r.2
Mauresques
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 20r.1
Mauresque d'Alger
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1633" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 20r.2
Mauresque d'Alger
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1693" - negative number. Albumen print.
item 20v.1-20v.2
Mauresques
Physical Description: 2 items
Scope and Contents note
Caption at top of page.
box 1, page 20v.1
Mauresque d'Alger
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1636" - negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 20v.2
Mauresque d'Alger
Scope and Contents note
Title from caption in negative. "1637"-negative number. Albumen print.
box 1, page 21r.1
Kabyle
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1642—Femme de Bour-Saâda"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 21r.2
Une Danseuse
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1669—Danseuse des Oules-Naïds"—caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 21v.1
Mauresque
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
"1617—Mauresque d'Alger" —caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 21v.2
Kabyle
Scope and Contents note
"1654 Jeune fille Kabyle" —caption in negative. Albumen print.
box 1, page 22-1
Tisseuses Kabyles
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print. Mounted.
box 1, page 22-2
Juives chez elles
Physical Description: 1 item
Scope and Contents note
Albumen print. Mounted.