Views of Algeria, 1897

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Summary

Title:

Views of Algeria

Dates:

1897

Abstract:

This album of 39 photographs was assembled by an unidentified French couple who toured northern Algeria in 1897.

Extent:

1 album(s) (39 photographic prints in 1 album)

Language:

Collection material is in French.

Preferred citation:

Views of Algeria, 1897, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 93.R.91

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa93r91

Background

Scope and content:

The album of 39 albumen photographs chronicles a French couple's tour through northern Algeria on horseback in May and June of 1897. Among the locations documented are Constantine, Touggourt, Fort National, Kabylia, and Port de Bougie (Bejaïa). The Roman ruins at Timgad (Thamugadi), including the arch, the theater, and the forum, are also represented. There are views of natural landscapes, including the Rummel and Tilatou rivers, a few of which include images of one or both of the tourists. A few photographs depict Algerians in native dress.

The photograph captions are written in a single hand, as is some ecstatic commentary on the pages containing no image.

The album is bound in green morocco leather with decorative gold stamping with the initial "P" in the center of the front cover. The slipcase is covered with black and orange marbled paper.

Captions are written in French on the mounts below the images; these have been used as titles for the photographs.

Biographical / historical:

The album was assembled by an unidentified French couple (known only as "Charles et moi"), who toured northern Algeria in 1897.

Acquisition information:

Acquired in 1993.

Processing information:

Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

Arrangement:

Arrranged in a single series: Series I. Views of Algeria, 1897.

Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Forums, Roman -- Algeria
Indigenous peoples -- Algeria
Visitors, foreign -- Algeria
Photograph albums -- Algeria -- 19th century
Albumen prints -- Algeria -- 19th century
Places:: Thamugadi (Extinct city)
Algeria -- Description and travel
Bejaïa (Algeria)
Constantine (Algeria)
Kabylia (Algeria)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Beth Ann Guynn
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-16 11:17:34 -0700 .

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