Europe 1930s and World War II North Africa Photograph Album, ca. 1930s-1945

Summary

Title:

Europe 1930s and World War II North Africa Photograph Album,

Dates:

ca. 1930s-1945

Extent:

.3 linear feet (1 oversize box)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

Europe 1930s and World War II North Africa Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 31. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album containing more than 185 black/white photographs, with some brief location captions, of a 1930s bicycle tour through Europe, including Germany (Dresden), Venice, Vienna, the Dolomites, Yugoslavia, Roumania (Bucharest), and Bulgaria (Sofia), as well as North Africa during World War II (1942-1943), including Bougie, Constantine, Tunis (victory parade), Carthage, then on to Italy (1943), and back to North Africa (1944-1945), including Egypt (Timsah, Alexandria). The North Africa section includes a number of images of British troops, particularly the 208 LAD, suggesting the album once belonged to a British soldier.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur Oversize

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by D. Tambo

Date Prepared:

© 2003

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 29 August 2003 .

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Europe 1930s and World War II North Africa Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 31. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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