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Description
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Photograph album complied by a French military officer, possibly a member of the 1st or 10th Zouaves battalion, based in Algeria at the end of the 19th century. The album includes amateur photographs – possibly taken by the compiler himself –, photographs taken by professional studios such as the one of Jean Geiser (active in Algiers at the end of the 19th century), but also postcards and other photomechanical prints taken from books and magazines. Photographs are mainly related to Algeria and include views of Bougie [today Bejaïa], Toudja, Lambessa [today Tazoult-Lambèse], Algiers, the gorges of Palestro [today Lakhdaria], and the Touggourt oasis. Among the subjects of the picture, a carnival parade in Algiers, the Bab El Kantra Bridge in Constantine, a military station in Dirah equipped with a telescope, the Azib of the Ben Ali Cherif family, Bab al-Bahr in Bejaïa, the boulevard Admiral Pierre in Algiers, the summer palace of the Governor General, a zawiya, Roman remains, markets, streets, mills, Ramadan prayers and ports. Also, local people, vendors, family portraits and portraits of Zouaves battalions.The album includes views of cities, monuments and landscapes in France and Italy., Title and date devised by Library staff. Titled "Album" in gilt golden letters on the cover. Photographs size 10 x 16 cm., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2014.0033, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i22677951, BIB-ID: 2409645 |
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Coverage
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Algeria, France, Algeria, Algeria, 1830-1962, Bejaïa (Algeria), Tazoult-Lambèse (Algeria), Touggourt (Algeria) |
