Finding Aid for Views of Algeria, 1897 93.R.91
Beth Ann Guynn
Special Collections
2010
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Title: Views of Algeria
Identifier/Call Number: 93.R.91
Physical Description:
1 album(s)
(39 photographic prints in 1 album)
Date: 1897
Abstract: This album of 39 photographs was assembled by an unidentified French couple who
toured northern Algeria in 1897.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in French.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1993.
Arrangement
Arrranged in a single series: Series I. Views of Algeria, 1897.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Processing History
Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library
and Information Resources
(CLIR).
Preferred Citation
Views of Algeria, 1897, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 93.R.91
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa93r91
Biographical / Historical Note
The album was assembled by an unidentified French couple (known only as "Charles et moi"), who toured northern Algeria in
1897.
Scope and Content of Collection
The album of 39 albumen photographs chronicles a French couple's tour through northern Algeria on horseback in May and June
of 1897. Among the
locations documented are Constantine, Touggourt, Fort National, Kabylia, and Port de Bougie (Bejaïa). The Roman ruins at Timgad
(Thamugadi), including
the arch, the theater, and the forum, are also represented. There are views of natural landscapes, including the Rummel and
Tilatou rivers, a few of
which include images of one or both of the tourists. A few photographs depict Algerians in native dress.
The photograph captions are written in a single hand, as is some ecstatic commentary on the pages containing no image.
The album is bound in green morocco leather with decorative gold stamping and the initial "P" in center of front cover. The
slipcase is covered with
black and orange marbled paper.
Captions are written in French on the mounts below the images; these have been used as titles for the photographs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Thamugadi (Extinct city)
Forums, Roman -- Algeria
Indigenous peoples -- Algeria
Visitors, foreign -- Algeria
Algeria -- Description and travel
Bejaïa (Algeria)
Constantine (Algeria)
Kabylia (Algeria)
Photograph albums -- Algeria -- 19th century
Albumen prints -- Algeria -- 19th century
Views of Algeria, Series I.
1897
box 1, page flyleaf
Handwritten text 93.R.91-f
Scope and Contents
Algérie 1897 Mai a Juin. Charles et moi—
Text only, no image.
box 1, page 2 recto
Constantine 93.R.91-2
Scope and Contents
View of gorges with city above.
box 1, page 3 recto
Constantine 93.R.91-3
Scope and Contents
View of gorges with city above.
box 1, page 4 recto
Gorges du Rummel 93.R.91-4
box 1, page 5 recto
Gorges du Rummel 93.R.91-5
box 1, page 6 recto
Handwritten text 93.R.91-6
Scope and Contents
Excursion à Timgaud pendant au Sejour à Batna.
Text only, no image.
box 1, page 8 recto
Vers Timgaud 93.R.91-8
Scope and Contents
Indigenous travelers on camels and mules.
box 1, page 12 recto
Handwritten text 93.R.91-12
Scope and Contents
Excursion faite de Batna, à la mocetaque du Touggourt où subsiitect quelques beaux cédres. — Ver pierres, ver pierres, ver
pierres & encor
ver pierres
Text only, no image.
box 1, page 13 recto
Vers de Touggourt 93.R.91-13
Scope and Contents
Landscape.
box 1, page 14 recto
Halte pour dejeuner 93.R.91-14
Scope and Contents
Landscape.
box 1, page 15 recto
Ruisseau au pied du Touggourt 93.R.91-15
box 1, page 16 recto
Quelques cédres 93.R.91-16
box 1, page 17 recto
Avant de grisupes parccui les cédres 93.R.91-17
box 1, page 18 recto
Squeleth j'uis eidze vépocis thé. Aperçu un oiseau bleau 93.R.91-18
box 1, page 19 recto
Handwritten text 93.R.91-19
Scope and Contents
Excursion aux gorges de Jilatou, au nord de l'oasis o'El kantara — Enchanteument —
Text only, no image.
box 1, page 20 recto
[View of Gorges] 93.R.91-20
box 1, page 21 recto
En montant aux gorges de Jilatou aurès, au nord d'El Kantara - Enchantement 93.R.91-21
box 1, page 23 recto
Dans le gorges de Jilatou 93.R.91-23
box 1, page 24 recto
À la sorite ver gorges 93.R.91-24
box 1, page 25 recto
Handwritten text 93.R.91-25
Scope and Contents
Excursion de trois jours en Kabylie — Forét d'azay ga — Jigi - Ouyou — Fort National Michelet - col de Jir ourda — descente
dans ; a placine par
sirocco furieux.
Text only, no image.
box 1, page 26 recto
Grande Kabylie 93.R.91-26
box 1, page 27 recto
Grande Kabylie 93.R.91-27
box 1, page 28 recto
En montant à Fort National 93.R.91-28
box 1, page 29 recto
Route de montagne Kabylie 93.R.91-29
box 1, page 30 recto
Kabyles le reudacch au marché 93.R.91-30
box 1, page 31 recto
Leur route. Effet de maties 93.R.91-31
box 1, page 32 recto
Village kabyle pris de Fort National 93.R.91-32
box 1, page 33 recto
Femmes kabyles environs de Fort National 93.R.91-33
box 1, page 34 recto
Village kabyle 93.R.91-34
box 1, page 35 recto
Horizon de montagnes Kabylie 93.R.91-35
box 1, page 36 recto
Handwritten text 93.R.91-36
Scope and Contents
Sejour à Bougie — promenade en barque direction de l'ouest, au peid de rochers d'un rouge gienab, et aus une mer d'une bleu
prergeu voir.
Text only, no image.
box 1, page 37 recto
Port de Bougie 93.R.91-37
box 1, page 38 recto
Port de Bougie 93.R.91-38
box 1, page 39 recto
Promenade en mer allant au cap Carbon 93.R.91-39
