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Finding Aid for the Souvenir d'Algérie Portfolios, 1889
Finding aid prepared by Beth Ann Guynn
Finding Aid for the Souvenir
d'Algérie Portfolios, 1889
2008.R.15
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Souvenir d'Algérie
Date (inclusive): 1889
Number: 2008.R.15
Physical Description: 2.33 linear feet
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Photographs taken by an amateur photographer of sights and everyday life in late-nineteenth century Algiers
are presented in two portfolios each titled Souvenir d'Algérie.
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Language: Collection material is in French
Biographical/Historical Note
The photographs were taken by an unidentified amateur photographer, likely a French colonial, during an extensive stay in
Algeria in the late-nineteenth century.
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
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Preferred Citation
Souvenir d'Algérie, 1889, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2008.R.15"
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2008r15
Processing History
In 2013 the collection was processed by Lilly Tsukahira and the finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn.
Scope and Content of Collection
The 78 photographs in these two portfolios, taken by an unidentified amateur photographer in 1889, are comprised of
typical tourist views as well as images of a more quotidian nature, indicating that they are the personal documentation of
the maker's extended stay as a French colonial in Algeria. Included are scenes of city workers and the marketplace; views
of women, tending graves in a cemetery and carrying bundles in the street; images of a coachman in Arab-style livery
driving a horse and buggy and riding a trotting horse; views of a man in Western dress feeding chickens and tending a
garden; and photographs of local flora (two captions record the time of year and the height of the plants) and floral
arrangements or baskets of plants. Several photographs labeled "études" or "études d'instantané" that depict dogs and
horses in motion suggest an artistic motivation on the part of the photographer.
The photographs are housed in two red cloth tie portfolios with gilt-stamped titles. They are mounted on heavy card stock
(55 mounts) with letterpress French captions and irregular enumeration (ranging from 123 to 914; three photographs are
unnumbered). Most mounts contain two photographs.
Arrangement
Arranged by negative numbers as they appear on the mounts, with the number for the upper image coming first (ie. in
some cases the higher number is assigned to the upper photograph on the mount).
Subjects - Places
Algeria--Description and travel
Algeria--Social life and customs--19th century
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints--Algeria--19th century
Photographs, Original
Finding Aid for the Souvenir
d'Algérie Portfolios, 1889
2008.R.15
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Souvenir d'Algérie
Box 1
Souvenir d'Algérie
Portfolio I
Scope and Content Note
Forty-five photographs on 31 mounts. Mounts
numbered 1-31.
Box 1, Item 1a
Box 1, Item 1b
Box 1, Item 2a
Box 1, Item 2b
Box 1, Item 3a
Box 1, Item 3b
Box 1, Item 4a
Box 1, Item 4b
Box 1, Item 5a
Box 1, Item 5b
Box 1, Item 6
Box 1, Item 7a
Box 1, Item 7b
Box 1, Item 8a
Box 1, Item 8b
Box 1, Item 9a
Box 1, Item 9b
Box 1, Item 10
Box 1, Item 11a
Box 1, Item 11b
Box 1, Item 12a
Box 1, Item 12b
Box 1, Item 13a
Box 1, Item 13b
Finding Aid for the Souvenir
d'Algérie Portfolios, 1889
2008.R.15.1a [Dog on a Terrace], negative
number 123
2008.R.15.1b Etude [Dog Standing on Hind
Legs Looking through Terrace Window],
negative number 124
2008.R.15.2a Coin de cimetière arabe,
negative number 135
2008.R.15.2b Puit au cimetière arabe, negative
number 134
2008.R.15.3a Une rue à Alger, negative
number 137
2008.R.15.3b Portefaix arabes, negative
number 138
2008.R.15.4a Eglise de Mustapha, negative
number 145
2008.R.15.4b Orphelinat de Mustapha,
negative number 146
2008.R.15.5a Devant le palais du gouverneur,
negative number 183
2008.R.15.5b Devant le palais du gouverneur,
negative number 184
2008.R.15.6 Gerbes de glaïeuls hauteur 1m 50,
fin janvier 1889, negative number 188
2008.R.15.7a Scènes du port, negative number
191
2008.R.15.7b Scènes du port, negative number
192
2008.R.15.8a Scènes du port, negative number
193
2008.R.15.8b Scènes du port, marchands
arabes, negative number 196
2008.R.15.9a Scènes du port, marchand de
galettes arabes, negative number 197
2008.R.15.9b Scènes du port, negative number
195
2008.R.15.10 Anc. Mosquée el-Kasba-Berrani,
negative number 201
2008.R.15.11a Cimetière arabe, negative
number 211
2008.R.15.11b Cimetière arabe, negative
number 210
2008.R.15.12a Koubba de Bou-Kobrin
(Cimetière arabe), negative number 213
2008.R.15.12b Koubba de Bou-Kobrin
(Cimetière arabe), negative number 212
2008.R.15.13a [Man in Western Dress and Dog
Standing under a Palm Tree], negative
number 219
2008.R.15.13b [Arab Man Standing in a
Doorway], negative number 218
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Souvenir d'Algérie
2008.R.15.14 Palmiers dattiers du Sahara,
negative number 222
2008.R.15.15 Mon laudau tenue arabe,
negative number 223
2008.R.15.16a [Market stall], negative number
229
Box 1, Item 14
Box 1, Item 15
Box 1, Item 16a
Box 1, Item 16b
Box 1, Item 17
2008.R.15.16b [Market], negative number 228
2008.R.15.17 Mosquée de Sidi Abd-er-Rahman,
negative number 234
2008.R.15.18 Koubba à Bou-Zarea, negative
number 246
2008.R.15.19 Un amandier en fleurs, Villa
Roussot, negative number 248
2008.R.15.20 Citronnier chargé de fruits, Villa
Roussot, negative number 249
2008.R.15.21 Asphodeles rameux fleurs des
champs hauteur 1 m, 60, fin février 1889,
negative number 259
2008.R.15.22 Panier d'Iris blancs, fin février
1889, negative number 265
2008.R.15.23 Amirauté tèmpete, negative
number 272
2008.R.15.24 Au ravin d'Hydra, colonnade
mauresque, negative number 285
Box 1, Item 18
Box 1, Item 19
Box 1, Item 20
Box 1, Item 21
Box 1, Item 22
Box 1, Item 23
Box 1, Item 24
Box 1, Item 25a
Box 1, Item 25b
Box 1, Item 26
2008.R.15.25a Genisses, negative number 296
2008.R.15.25b Chèvres, negative number 297
2008.R.15.26 Yuccas de la Caroline, negative
number 302
2008.R.15.27 Fleur d'aloes, negative number
303
2008.R.15.28 Ficus des Indes Orientales,
negative number 304
2008.R.15.29a [Kneeling Camels Laden with
Packs], negative number 324
2008.R.15.29b [Kneeling Camels with Hooded
Driver], negative number 323
2008.R.15.30a [Women Carrying Bundles],
negative number 325
2008.R.15.30b [Camels and Riders Resting],
negative number 322
2008.R.15.31a [Arab Man Inspecting Cargo],
negative number 328
2008.R.15.31b [Arab Men and Cargo], negative
number 327
Box 1, Item 27
Box 1, Item 28
Box 1, Item 29a
Box 1, Item 29b
Box 1, Item 30a
Box 1, Item 30b
Box 1, Item 31a
Box 1, Item 31b
Box 2
Portfolio II
Scope and Content Note
Thirty-one photographs on 24 mounts. Mounts
numbers 32-55.
Box 2, Item 32a
Box 2, Item 32b
Box 2, Item 33
Box 2, Item 34
Finding Aid for the Souvenir
d'Algérie Portfolios, 1889
2008.R.15.32a Route d'El-Biar, negative
number 397
2008.R.15.32b Devant le Palais d'été, negative
number 399
2008.R.15.33 Palmiers, aloes et lenstiques à
Bou-Zarea, negative number 404
2008.R.15.34 Koubba à Bou-Zarea, negative
number 407
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Box 2, Item 35a
Box 2, Item 35b
Box 2, Item 36a
Box 2, Item 36b
Box 2, Item 37
Box 2, Item 38
Box 2, Item 39a
Box 2, Item 39b
Box 2, Item 40a
Box 2, Item 40b
Box 2, Item 41a
Box 2, Item 41b
Box 2, Item 42
Box 2, Item 43
Box 2, Item 44
Box 2, Item 45
Box 2, Item 46
Box 2, Item 47
Box 2, Item 48
Box 2, Item 49
Box 2, Item 50
Box 2, Item 51
Box 2, Item 52
Box 2, Item 53
Box 2, Item 54a
Box 2, Item 54b
Box 2, Item 55
Finding Aid for the Souvenir
d'Algérie Portfolios, 1889
2008.R.15.35a A Bou-Zarea, palmiers, aloes et
lentisques, negative number 409
2008.R.15.35b Puit arabe à Bou-Zarea,
negative number 411
2008.R.15.36a Marabout de Bou-Zarea,
negative number 410
2008.R.15.36b Koubba à Bou-Zarea, negative
number 412
2008.R.15.37 Retour au gourbi, negative
number 418
2008.R.15.38 [Cactus in a Field ], negative
number 424
2008.R.15.39a [Man in Western Dress
Watching Chickens], negative number 428
2008.R.15.39b [Man in Western Dress with
Hoe], negative number 426
2009.R.15.40a [Man in Western Dress Feeding
Chickens], negative number 427
2008.R.15.40b [Bulldog Sitting on Doorstep],
negative number 441
2008.R.15.41a Mon cocher Mustapha, negative
number 432
2008.R.15.41b [Floral Arrangement in front of
a Carved Screen]
2008.R.15.42 Cheval au pas, negative number
437
2008.R.15.43 Cheval au galop, negative
number 439
2008.R.15.44 [Arab Groom with Horse-drawn
Buggy], negative number 638
2008.R.15.45 Etude d'instantané: le chien
sautant, negative number 792
2008.R.15.46 Etude d'instantané: chevaux au
trot, negative number 819
2008.R.15.47 Etude d'instantané, fantasia,
cheval au gallop, negative number 834
2008.R.15.48 [Arab on Horseback], negative
number 835
2008.R.15.49 Etude d'instantané: cabriolet au
grand trot, negative number 852
2008.R.15.50 [Cabriolet Going at a Trot],
negative number 885
2008.R.15.51 Avenue des Ficus au Jardin
d'Essai: vue des troncs, negative number 883
2008.R.15.52 Palmier et bananiers au Jardin
d'Essai, negative number 884
2008.R.15.53 [Man in Western Dress on
Horseback], negative number 914
2008.R.15.54a [Floral Arrangement set before
a Carved Screen]
2008.R.15.54b [Floral Arrangement with
Carved Screen behind]
2008.R.15.55 [Arab Riding a Donkey]
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