Details

Subject(s)

• Soldiers—France—Colonies—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Soldiers—Congo (Democratic Republic)—Pictorial works [Browse]
• France Armée—Colonial forces—Africa—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Belgium Armée—Colonial forces—Africa—Pictorial works [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Photographs [Browse]

Summary note

Mainly black and white photographic postcards from France, Belgium, and colonized Africa. One is chromolithographic, and one is a colored ink drawing. Many have postage stamps which indicate place and date; some have French messages written on the reverse. They depict military life of tirailleurs in French-colonized Senegal, Morocco, Madagascar, and in the Belgian Congo.

Notes

• Captains frequently include "Tirailleurs Malgaches", "Tirailleurs Senegalais" etc.
• Title assigned by cataloger.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1453301864

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