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INVENTORY OF SOUVENIR DU SAHARA, 1901-1904
2007.R.1
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Title: Souvenir du Sahara
Dates: 1901-1904
Collection number: 2007.R.1
Extent:
110 photographs
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Libary
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
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: Collection material is in French.
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Souvenir du Sahara, 1901-1904, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 2007.R.1
Acquired in 2007.
Processed by Amy Sloper.
Scope and Content of Collection
This album of 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 candidly
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.
Berbers—Algeria
Clothing and dress—Algeria
Indigenous peoples—Algeria
Jews—Africa, North
Kabyles—Portraits
Mosques—Algeria
Oases—Algeria
Occupations—Algeria—History—20th century
Plants—Algeria
Soldiers
Streets—Algeria
Tombs—Algeria
Algeria—Descriptions and travel
Algeria—Military life
Beni Abbes (Algeria)—Description and travel
Biskra (Algeria)—Description and travel
Constantine (Algeria)—Description and travel
France—Colonies—Africa
Oran (Algeria)—Description and travel
Taghit (Algeria)—Description and travel
Tlemcen (Algeria)--Description and travel
Albumen prints—Algeria—20th century
Gelatin silver prints—Algeria—20th century
Studio portraits—Algeria—20th century
Photographs, Original