History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill

05 April, 2012

Tunisia by Photochrom

More photochroms! Tunisia, this time, 1890s.



A mosque in the main street, Kairwan. Source



A crowd gathered around a snake charmer, Tunis. Source



Museum garden in Carthage. Source



Tombs and a view of Goletta, Carthage. Source



Outside a Moorish cafe, Tunis. Source



Souc-el-Trouk, Tunis. Source



Tresure Street, Tunis. Source



Sadiky Hospital, Tunis. Source



Men in Tunis. Source



Another view of the museum garden at Carthage. Source



The private drawing room in Kasr-el-Said. Source



Marr Street, Tunis. Source



A view from the minaret of the Great Mosque, Kairwan. Source



Mahomedia, the "lost town", Tunis. Source



Bab Suika-Suker Square, Tunis. Source



Mosque of St. Catherine [that's the caption!], Tunis. Source



Couscous sellers and a cafe, Tunis. Source



A view of Tunis from the Paris Hotel. Source



Another view of the private drawing room in Kasr-el-Said. Source



A nomadic group near Tunis. Source



A procession in Kairwan. Source



A street in Kairwan. Source



Men leaving the mosque, Tunis. Source



Kabah market, Tunis. Source

6 comments:

Ana said...

Thank you for always fully captioning the images themselves - if I save them with the original name I don't later have the "What is this 'jc06' photo? What is it showing? What year is it?" experience while going through my image folder :D .

Anna said...

Ha, awesome! I like to have that context too. Though sometimes, if they're all the same place/year/subject/source, I'm lazy. :P

James said...

I have a recommendation for you! You're missing the best photo taken from after World War Two. You must look up a photo from the Australian War Memorial. It's a photo of an Australian soldier arriving in Sydney, meeting his girlfriend on arrival. It is dated 1946. And is referenced as "AWM 125153", the link is https://cas.awm.gov.au/item/125153

The quality is not as good on that site though, I've seen a larger photo and it is incredible.

Ana said...

Haven't run into a single 'lazy' moment yet :D .

Anna said...

Thanks so much, lovely photo, I'll include that in my next wartime love post! :)

(and oh, you'll run into some :) ).

world war 2 posters said...

Yes, in former days after the world war 2 everywhere the posters of world war 2 have been posted to explain for the people that world war is not a simple war which ends in 1 day or 2-3 days.The passion of former days will never forget.

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