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

Summary

Extent:

.3 linear feet (1 oversize box)

Language:

English.

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

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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