Tunisie et Tripolitaine, approximately 1880

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Summary

Title:
Tunisie et Tripolitaine
Dates:
approximately 1880
Abstract:
An album containing photographs of Tunisia, Tripoli, and surrounding areas in Libya.
Extent:
1 album(s) (42 photographic prints)
Language:
Collection material is in French.
Preferred citation:

Tunisie et Tripolitaine, approximately 1880, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2005.R.2.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2005r2

Background

Scope and content:

The focus of this album of albumen photographs is Tunisia, although it also contains five views of Tripoli and surrounding areas in Libya. Tunisian locations represented are Carthage, Tunis, Bizerte, Sfax, and Qayrawān. Included are views of streets, ports, Arab quarters, homes and palaces, markets, nomad encampments, and oases.

There are several interior and exterior views of the Qsar es-Saïd or Bardo Palace in Tunis before it became a museum in 1888, as well as views of the palace of Dar al-Taj in La Marsa. Views of ancient monuments include the Roman aqueduct in Tunis and Punic tombs in Carthage. There are also five views of the Great Mosque of Qayrawān.

Titles of images are devised by the cataloger, except for four photographs that have French captions in the negative.

Biographical / historical:

This album of unsigned photographs of Tunisia and Libya was compiled by an unidentified person.

Acquisition information:
Acquired in 2005.
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:

In original order.

Physical location:
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About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Beth Ann Guynn
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-16 11:17:32 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Tunisie et Tripolitaine, approximately 1880, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 2005.R.2.

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2005r2

Location of this collection:
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688, US
Contact:
(310) 440-7390
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