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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