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Souvenir du Sahara, 1901-1904
2007.R.1
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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.
Processed by Amy Sloper.
Acquired in 2007.
Souvenir du Sahara, 1901-1904, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2007.R.1
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2007r1
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Open for use by qualified researchers.
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Souvenir du Sahara, 1901-1904.
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