Algeria, Tunisia

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1939 issue of Akbaba. Cover reads: Declaration of love for the beautiful Tunisia: Italy - I feed the brunette with hazelnuts (which are actually bullets)!. B

Price: $90.00

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1914 postcard of the Bey of Tunis. EH

Price: $30.00

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16 colonial period postcards of Algerian scenes and types. B

Price: $320.00

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Three illustrations from French periodicals on Tunisian and colonial life under the French, 1899-1912. EH B

Price: $180.00

Note: In the nineteenth century, Tunisia became mostly autonomous, although officially still an Ottoman province. In 1861, Tunisia enacted the first constitution in the Arab world, but a move toward a republic was hampered by the poor economy and political unrest. In 1869, Tunisia declared itself bankrupt, and an international financial commission with representatives from France, Great Britain and Italy took control over the economy.tn097aTN 097

Following the defeat of France by Prussia in 1870, German diplomacy with France had been centered around encouraging France to expand its colonies, as a form of catharsis for the national humiliation of losing the provinces of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. Britain also encouraged this in return for French support in giving Britain a freer hand in sorting out its problems in Egypt.

tn097a1TN 097In the spring of 1881, France invaded Tunisia, claiming that Tunisian troops had crossed the border to Algeria, France's main colony in Northern Africa. Italy, also interested in Tunisia, protested, but did not risk a war with France. On May 12 of that year, Tunisia was officially made a French protectorate. The French progressively assumed the most responsible administrative positions, and by 1884 they supervised all Tunisian government bureaus dealing with finance, post, education, telegraph, public works and agriculture. They abolished the international finance commission and guaranteed the Tunisian debt, establishing a new judicial system for Europeans while keeping the sharia courts available for cases involving Tunisians, and developed roads, ports, railroads, and mines. In rural areas they strengthened the local officials (qa'ids) and weakened independent tribes. They actively encouraged French settlements in the country - the number of French colonists grew from 34,000 in 1906 to 144,000 in 1945, and the French occupied approximately one-fifth of the cultivable land.

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1961 French childrens cut outs of French parachutists in Algeria. B

Price: $30.00

t-ww366WW 366Archive belonging to a French Lieutenant (then later Captain) with the 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment named Jean Bernard Escard. He served in Germany during WW2, then transferred to Tonkin and Cambodia and later Algeria, Madagascar and Senegal. Included is a full diary covering his time in Indochina in 1945-1946, with artwork, loose news clippings, a menu, etc. Also two small notebooks dated 1939 and 1941 where he made notes. Numerous documents from his assignments in Senegal, Madagascar, Algeria. Over 50 pages of documents, some marked SECRET, 3 photo albums containing over 230 real photos. Most prolific is his time in Indochina. M

 

Price: $1200.00

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Compagnie du Tramway d'Oran a Hammam-bou-Hadjat et extensions. The Oran-Hammam-bou-Hadjar and extensions , capital 1.5 mil francs. Issued in Brussels. B

Price: $15.00

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US Navy Victories gum card issued by Bowman Gum in 1954. Titled Algerian Pirates Repelled, it shows Lt. Sterrett, Captain of the Enterprise on the morning of August 1, 1801 off the coast of North Africa. B

Price: $25.00

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19th century print of Algerians, by Voyar. EN B

Price: $25.00

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Photo collection from a French soldier named Guy, based in Algeria from 1953-1959. Mostly camp life and on patrol. Most of the photos do not contain captions but he mentions Hammam Melouane and there is a field camp named “Djebel” City. He also visits/is based at Beni Slimane. He is on patrol mainly, much on camp life and surrounding countryside. There is also a letter which he sends to his mother en route and also a hand-made card he sends his mother from Algeria. 190 photos in all. B

Price: $800.00

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