Algeria Collection (#6)

German bombardment of Algerian port, WW1
German bombardment of an Algerian port, North Africa, 4 August 1914, during the First World War -- a photograph with artists additions

Walter Rothschild & collecting party, Algeria
Rothschild (second from right) undertook three separate ornithological collecting expeditions to Algeria in 1908, 1909 and 1911, along with Ernst Hartert

Ouled Nail woman, Algeria, specialising in a particular style of dancing. Date: circa 1870

Algerian women in traditional costume. Date: circa 1870

Ouled Nail women, Algeria, specialising in a form of dancing. Date: circa 1870

Algiers, Algeria, North Africa
An exotic girl sits on an open terrace in Algiers, Algeria. View of the harbour and city looking out into the Mediterranean Sea Date: 1904

Kabyle Children - Algeria. The Kabyle are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimate population today approx. 5 million individuals. Date: 1910

Marabout, Algeria - Study of two Moorish Women
Marabout, Algeria - Photographic study of two Moorish Women by Geiser. Date: circa 1908

Girl of the Ouled Nails - Algeria - North Africa
Woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Map of Northern Africa. Date: 1807

Blida, Algeria
Chiffa Gorge, Blida, Algeria in the Tell Atlas Mountains of northern Algeria. This gorge is one of the few habitat areas in Algeria that supports a sub-population of the Barbary Macaque

Kief (Hashish / Maruijana / Cannabis) Smoker - Algeria
Hashish Smoker (or Kif (kef, Kief, keef), Cannabis, Marijuana) - Algeria. Traditionally kief has been pressed into cakes as hashish for convenience in storage and shipping

Algeria (1960). French soldiers on the Kasbah of Algiers streets after the riots of the previous day (12th December 1960)

Arabs at a water fountain in Algiers, Algeria
Two arabs drawing water at a fountain in the Kasbah, Algiers, Algeria. The wall above the fountain is ornately decorated with tiled patterns

The Former king of Dahomey and his wives
Behanzin, the Former king of Dahomey and his wives in exile in Algeria. Behanzin (1844-1906) is considered the eleventh King of Dahomey (now Benin)

Algeria - Biskra - Nomadic Encampment. Date: circa 1906

Algeria - Biskra - Ouled Nails Women
Algeria - Biskra. Women from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Tizi-Ouzou - Algeria
The Djebel Beloua mountain/hill, with houses on its slopes at Tizi-Ouzou, the capital of the Kabylie region of Northern Algeria, home to the Kabyle people. Date: circa 1910s

Two Arabian men in fabulous hats - Algeria
Two Arabian men in fabulous tall straw hats - southern Algeria. Taraza (or Tarazala, Tarazal) are wide-brimmed straw hats worn by both sexes in Morocco and Algeria

Narrow street in the Kasbah, Algiers, Algeria
Narrow street in the Kasbah, Algiers. A kasbah or Qassabah is a type of medina, Islamic city, or fortress

Skikda (Philippeville), Algeria
Le Grand Cafe de Foy, Place de la Marine, Skikda (Philippeville), Algeria

The Kabyle Market, Bejaia, Algeria
The Kabyle Market at Bejaia (Bougie), Algeria. The Kabyle people are Berbers from North Eastern Algeria - estimated population today of 5 million individuals

A street in the Kasbah, Algiers
Looking down a street in the Kasbah, Algiers, Algeria. Some of the upper levels of the houses have ornate bird houses. The European influence in the city is clearly marked by the ironwork lamp (left)

A view of Constantine, Algeria
A view of the Mansoura District, Constantine, Algeria

Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana
A fine portrait of Mohammed Ben Bouaziz Ben Gana - one of the most important Algerian Arab Sheikhs - much decorated by Western powers, particularly the French, to whom he was a Satrap

Algerian Woman - Handkerchief Dance
An Algerian woman doing the handkerchief dance - Algeria

Beni-Yenni Tribe - Kabyle Houses at Tigzirt
Wonderful Kabyle Houses of the Benni-Yenni tribe at Tigzirt, a small town on the coast of northeastern Algeria in the Tiziouzou Province

Moorish Woman - Algeria
A stunning postcard depiction of a Moorish woman - leaning against a doorway in a fabulous floral print dress with headdress Date: 1908

Woman of the Berber Algerian tribe of Ouled Nail
Woman from the tribe of Ouled Nail in Southern Algeria in their very distinctive and elaborate traditional clothing. The women earned money through belly dancing

Affluent Algerian Bedouin Woman
An affluent Algerian Bedouin Woman, her jewellery a brash show of visible wealth

Indigenous Ghardaia people, Algeria
Indigenous Ghardaia people from Central Algeria - North Africa. Ghardaia is renowned for its coarse goat hair carpets, generally with simple geometric patterns in black and white

Turkish Baths - Algiers, Algeria
The salon of a Turkish Bath - Algiers, Algeria. The clientele appears to be mostly French

Elderly Berber Women, Algeria
Berber Golden Oldies - A group of elderly Algerian Berber Women, heavily wrapped up against the elements, but still displaying traditional costume and jewellery including large hooped earrings

Tuareg Warrior
A Touareg warrior of Algeria or Morocco with sword and spear

Arabian flute players - Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1910s

Touggourt, Algeria - The Main Square and view toward the Oasis. Date: circa 1907

The Mosque - central Cherchell, Algeria. Date: circa 1910

Advertisement, Avions Bleus, France to North Africa, serving, France, Morocco and Algeria. circa 1935

Panoramic View of a section of Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1935

French Trade Show - Algerian Ceramics of E Soupireau on display. One wonders whether the fine gentleman on the left is Monsieur Soupireau himself

The Scarf Dance - Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1908

Algeria - Timgad - View toward Trajans Arch
General view of the Ruins of Timgad, Algeria (close to the Theatre) - a Roman colonial town in the Aures Mountains of Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around AD 100. Date: circa 1908

Algeria - Timgad - Street Date: circa 1908

Algeria - Moorish Dancer with tambourine
Algeria - A beautiful Moorish Dancer playing a tambourine. Date: 1902

Village of El-Kantara, Algeria - Road through the Gorge
The Red Village of El-Kantara in Biskra Province, Algeria - a very important caravan station - route through The Gorge. Date: circa 1904

Village of El-Kantara, Algeria - caravan station
Village of El-Kantara in Biskra Province, Algeria - a very important caravan station. Date: circa 1904

Maison E Dorez Freres - Jewellers, Algiers, Algeria
Maison E Dorez Freres - Jewellers and producers of objets d arts and items of local craftsmanship - 10, Rue Socgemah Algiers, Algeria - founded in 1842. Date: circa 1901

Algiers, Algeria - Mustapha Palace Hotel
Algiers, Algeria - View close to the Mustapha Palace Hotel Date: 1906

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