Algeria Collection (#8)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: an Algerian woman in traditional dress with headdress and necklace, 1904
LUX4788594 Algeria, Ain Zeft: an Algerian woman in traditional dress with headdress and necklace, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, inhabitants in local clothes and European engineers stand in front of a derrick, 1901
LUX4788637 Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, inhabitants in local clothes and European engineers stand in front of a derrick, 1901; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901)

A European employee wearing a suit and a cap placed in the studio, 1900
LUX4710971 A European employee wearing a suit and a cap placed in the studio, 1900; (add.info.: A European employee wearing a suit and a cap placed in the studio, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Beni Abbes, Algeria: A rider and his horse come to drink at the oasis, 1900
LUX4728643 Beni Abbes, Algeria: A rider and his horse come to drink at the oasis, 1900; (add.info.: Beni Abbes, Algeria: A rider and his horse come to drink at the oasis)

Beni Abbes, Algeria: Entrance gate of a fort with Algerian soldiers armed up guard, 1900
LUX4728632 Beni Abbes, Algeria: Entrance gate of a fort with Algerian soldiers armed up guard, 1900; (add.info.: Beni Abbes, Algeria: Entrance gate of a fort with Algerian soldiers armed up guard)

Biskra: Camp of nomads in an oasis, 1885
LUX4715501 Biskra: Camp of nomads in an oasis, 1885; (add.info.: Biskra: Camp of nomads in an oasis, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Algiers in the middle of the 19th century. Engraving of the Universal Dictionary
PCT4271224 Algiers in the middle of the 19th century. Engraving of the Universal Dictionary, Litterary Pantheon and illustree encyclopedie by Maurice La Chatre (Lachatre)

A soldier of the French Foreign, 1890
3480313 A soldier of the French Foreign, 1890; (add.info.: Illustration of a soldier of the French Foreign. Circa 1890.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Puppet show in a school in Algeria, c.1830 (watercolour)
2068921 Puppet show in a school in Algeria, c.1830 (watercolour) by Leblanc, Theodore (1800-37); (add.info.: Puppet show in a school in Algeria)

L'Algerie / Algeria: Passage d'un Oued (colour photo)
8639797 L'Algerie / Algeria: Passage d'un Oued (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Passage d'un Oued)

L'Algerie / Algeria: Troupeau de Chameaux (colour photo)
8639803 L'Algerie / Algeria: Troupeau de Chameaux (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Troupeau de Chameaux)

Algerie / Algeria: Alger, Vue Generale (b/w photo)
8653650 Algerie / Algeria: Alger, Vue Generale (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alger, Vue Generale)

Algerie / Algeria: Kabylie, Fort National, Vue Generale De Taourirt Amekrane (b/w photo)
8653644 Algerie / Algeria: Kabylie, Fort National, Vue Generale De Taourirt Amekrane (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kabylie, Fort National)

Algerie / Algeria: Bougie, Vue Prise De La Route De Gouraya (b/w photo)
8653634 Algerie / Algeria: Bougie, Vue Prise De La Route De Gouraya (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bougie, Vue Prise De La Route De Gouraya)

Algerie / Algeria: Timgad, Vue D'Ensemble Prise Du Theatre (b/w photo)
8653627 Algerie / Algeria: Timgad, Vue D'Ensemble Prise Du Theatre (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Timgad, Vue D'Ensemble Prise Du Theatre)

Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis (colour litho)
8652001 Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rue Tourbet el Bey, Tunis)

Tunis (colour litho)
8651992 Tunis (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tunis. Illustration for Algeria and Tunis painted and described by Frances E Nesbitt (A&C Black)

Temple of Celestis, Dougga (colour litho)
8651991 Temple of Celestis, Dougga (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Temple of Celestis, Dougga)

The Palm Village (colour litho)
8651981 The Palm Village (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Palm Village)

A Biskra Woman (colour litho)
8651977 A Biskra Woman (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Biskra Woman. Illustration for Algeria and Tunis painted and described by Frances E Nesbitt)

Sunset (colour litho)
8651972 Sunset (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunset. Illustration for Algeria and Tunis painted and described by Frances E Nesbitt (A&C Black)

The Garden Court of an Old Moorish Villa, Algiers (colour litho)
8651959 The Garden Court of an Old Moorish Villa, Algiers (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Garden Court of an Old Moorish Villa, Algiers)

On my Balcony, Algiers (colour litho)
8651957 On my Balcony, Algiers (colour litho) by Nesbitt, Frances (1864-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: On my Balcony, Algiers)

Beach and van Ghent's action, 1670: Van Ghent pursuing six Algerine corsairs near Cape Spartel, 17-27 August 1670
7342072 Beach and van Ghent's action, 1670: Van Ghent pursuing six Algerine corsairs near Cape Spartel, 17-27 August 1670, c.1676 (graphite, grey wash) by Velde, Willem van de

French colonial postcard showing occupying army staging a celebratory parade. Algeria 1906
5305592 French colonial postcard showing occupying army staging a celebratory parade. Algeria 1906; (add.info.: French colonial postcard showing occupying army staging a celebratory parade)

French legionnaire colonial soldiers on flag duty in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria. postcard 1909
5305175 French legionnaire colonial soldiers on flag duty in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria. postcard 1909; (add.info.: French legionnaire colonial soldiers on flag duty in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria)

French legionnaire soldiers from France. switzerland. Russia. Germany. Poland. Haiti. Turkey. Morocco. Hungary
5305170 French legionnaire soldiers from France. switzerland. Russia. Germany. Poland. Haiti. Turkey. Morocco. Hungary. Belgium and Italy on parade in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

French legionnaire colonial soldier depicted on a postcard 1895 Algeria
5305078 French legionnaire colonial soldier depicted on a postcard 1895 Algeria; (add.info.: French legionnaire colonial soldier depicted on a postcard 1895 Algeria); Universal History Archive/UIG

Algeria: walking outdoors in an Algerian village, 1920
LUX4809325 Algeria: walking outdoors in an Algerian village, 1920; (add.info.: Algeria: walking outdoors in an Algerian village, 1920); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

View of the Arch of Caracalla de Tebessa, Algeria (View of the Arch of Caracalla)
ELD4965363 View of the Arch of Caracalla de Tebessa, Algeria (View of the Arch of Caracalla, a Roman triumphal arch located at Thebeste in Algeria)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: a meal between engineering technicians and oil workers, 1904
LUX4805173 Algeria, Ain Zeft: a meal between engineering technicians and oil workers, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: a meal between engineering technicians and oil workers)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick
LUX4788699 Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick and watch oil flow from a pipe into a tank, 1901; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick
LUX4788695 Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901, European local workers and engineers stand in front of a derrick and watch oil flow from a pipe into a tank, 1901; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: May 1901)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: a young Algerian woman and her child in traditional dress, 1904
LUX4788579 Algeria, Ain Zeft: a young Algerian woman and her child in traditional dress, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: a young Algerian woman and her child in traditional dress)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: a young Algerian in a local dress, 1904
LUX4788566 Algeria, Ain Zeft: a young Algerian in a local dress, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: a young Algerian in a local dress, 1904); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Algeria, a Zouave in a suit posed in studio, 1890
LUX4710915 Algeria, a Zouave in a suit posed in studio, 1890; (add.info.: Algeria, a Zouave in a suit posed in studio, 1890); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Street in the Arab quarter of Algiers, circa 1890
NWI4714151 Street in the Arab quarter of Algiers, circa 1890.; (add.info.: Street in the Arab quarter of Algiers, circa 1890.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Geographic atlas: view of the Mediterranean Sea and the coasts of Barbaria (Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitan)
JEB4874639 Geographic atlas: view of the Mediterranean Sea and the coasts of Barbaria (Algeria, Tunisia, Tripolitan). Atlas de Nicolas et Guillaume Sanson, 1670

Algeria, Ain zeft: locals in local costume pose with two Europeans in front of a workers house, 1906
LUX4781235 Algeria, Ain zeft: locals in local costume pose with two Europeans in front of a workers house, 1906; (add.info.: Algeria)

Algeria, Ain zeft: a European woman, Mrs Sotoberg, walking in the Chelif plain, 1906
LUX4781223 Algeria, Ain zeft: a European woman, Mrs Sotoberg, walking in the Chelif plain, 1906; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain zeft: a European woman, Mrs Sotoberg, walking in the Chelif plain)

Algeria, Algiers: on a dirt road bordered by cactus, a donkey loaded with barrels followed by three soldiers, 1900
LUX4781037 Algeria, Algiers: on a dirt road bordered by cactus, a donkey loaded with barrels followed by three soldiers, 1900; (add.info.: Algeria, Algiers: on a dirt road bordered by cactus)

Algeria, Cheliff Region, Chlef: oil research, a caravan camps on the edge of a wadi, surrounded by horses and donkeys
LUX4781003 Algeria, Cheliff Region, Chlef: oil research, a caravan camps on the edge of a wadi, surrounded by horses and donkeys, 1917; (add.info.: Algeria, Cheliff Region, Chlef: oil research)

Algeria, Ain zeft: overview of an active wooden derrick and its annexes including a refining cabin, 1904
LUX4781377 Algeria, Ain zeft: overview of an active wooden derrick and its annexes including a refining cabin, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria)

Algeria, Ain zeft: 6 technicians and workers pose at the foot of an active derrick at the top of a hill, 1904
LUX4781348 Algeria, Ain zeft: 6 technicians and workers pose at the foot of an active derrick at the top of a hill, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria)

Algeria, Ain zeft: base of a derrick with workers and technicians watching the oil sink, 1904
LUX4781333 Algeria, Ain zeft: base of a derrick with workers and technicians watching the oil sink, 1904; (add.info.: Algeria)

Algerie, Chelif Region, Chlef: an indigenous girl in local clothes and jewellery poses in front of a barn door, 1917
LUX4781046 Algerie, Chelif Region, Chlef: an indigenous girl in local clothes and jewellery poses in front of a barn door, 1917; (add.info.: Algerie, Chelif Region)

Algeria, Ain Zeft: workers in front of a derrick surrounded by pipes, 1906
LUX4780875 Algeria, Ain Zeft: workers in front of a derrick surrounded by pipes, 1906; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: workers in front of a derrick surrounded by pipes, 1906); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Algeria, Ain Zeft: a man poses on the back of a mule in front of a new tank, 1906
LUX4780867 Algeria, Ain Zeft: a man poses on the back of a mule in front of a new tank, 1906; (add.info.: Algeria, Ain Zeft: a man poses on the back of a mule in front of a new tank)

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Algeria, a country located in North Africa, is rich in history and diverse landscapes. As seen on the political map of Africa, Algeria stands proudly as the largest country on the continent. Its vibrant culture is beautifully depicted by a mesmerizing Moorish belly dancer who gracefully moves to traditional tunes. The significance of Algeria's location becomes evident when we examine its historical context. The Barbary Pirates once posed a threat to American commander Stephen Decatur, highlighting the strategic importance of this nation. Moreover, Algeria boasts vast stretches of the Sahara Desert, an awe-inspiring natural wonder that covers much of its territory. In cities like Oran and Algiers, one can witness the fusion of modernity with tradition. Rue d Arzew showcases Algerian urban life bustling with activity while Algiers' harbor view captivates visitors with its picturesque charm. Amidst these scenes lies a woman leisurely smoking a nargile pipe - an embodiment of Algerian hospitality and relaxation. Venturing into nature's embrace reveals camels traversing through the golden sands of Tassili n Ajjer in the Sahara Desert. This breathtaking sight reminds us that Algeria not only possesses cultural treasures but also stunning natural landscapes that leave travelers spellbound. Reflecting upon Algerian leaders such as Abd El Kader unveils their significant contributions to shaping this nation's destiny throughout history. Their legacies are intertwined with monumental rock art found on Tassili Plateau – enormous paintings depicting god figures and sable antelopes etched onto ancient walls. For those seeking adventure off-the-beaten-path experiences await; exploring Algeria's desert requires nothing less than a four-wheel drive Landrover capable of conquering rugged terrains. This thrilling escapade promises unforgettable memories amidst endless sand dunes stretching as far as one can see.