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World War II North Africa Photograph Album, 1941-1945.
Bernath Mss 155LOCAL
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Title:
World War II North Africa Photograph Album, 1941-1945Creator/Contributor:
Bradford, Mark., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
Album contains over 130 photographs, sketches, and clippings, mainly images of the western desert and Libya, Egypt, and some
of Jerusalem, apparently taken by a British soldier (most likely RAF officer) who was also associated with a theatre troupe.
Includes photos of military vehicles and aircraft, skirmish aftermaths, scenery and monuments (Sphinx, pyramids), local peoples,
and a section of United Services Concert Party photos, featuring performers in costume, some in blackface. Also includes two
photos of German Field Marshal Rommel and one of Churchill.
Date:
1941 (issued)Subject:
f-ly--- -- f-ua--- -- a-is---World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North -- Pictorial works
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes et batailles -- Afrique du Nord -- Ouvrages illustrés
Military campaigns
Egypt -- Pictorial works
Libya -- Pictorial works
Jerusalem -- Pictorial works
Egypt
Libya
Middle East -- Jerusalem
North Africa
Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Purchase, 2005.
Cite as: [Identification of item], World War II North Africa Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 155. Department of Special Collections,
Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Type:
Photographs.photographs.
photograph albums.
sketches.
clippings (information artifacts)
Pictorial works.
Photographs.
Photographies.
Albums photographiques.
Coupures de presse.
Physical Description:
.2 linear ft.
Language:
English
Identifier:
Bernath Mss 155LOCAL
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.