Arabian Nights in Morocco: With fabulous splendor and a dazzling display of Oriental pageantry Marrakesh (French Morocco) celebrated the simultaneous marriage of the three sons of its Pasha. / View of some of the musicians during the wedding feast. Tirelessly they played Moroccan folk tunes.

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Arabian Nights in Morocco: With fabulous splendor and a dazzling display of Oriental pageantry Marrakesh (French Morocco) celebrated the simultaneous marriage of the three sons of its Pasha. / View of some of the musicians during the wedding feast. Tirelessly they played Moroccan folk tunes.
Arabian Nights in Morocco: With fabulous splendor and a dazzling display of Oriental pageantry Marrakesh (French Morocco) celebrated the simultaneous marriage of the three sons of its Pasha. / View of some of the musicians during the wedding feast. Tirelessly they played Moroccan folk tunes.
Datec. 1935-1939
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (20.7 × 20.7 cm) Image: 8 1/8 × 8 1/8 in. (20.7 × 20.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.220
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Markings Verso, upper middle left (taped typewritten paper): "SCHA/1704 EA/ ARABIAN NIGHTS IN MOROCCO / With fabulous splendour and a dazzling display of Oriental pageantry Marrakesh ( French Morocco) celebrated the simultaneous marriage of the three sons of its Pasha."
Verso, upper middle left (taped typewritten paper): "29. View of some of the musicians during the wedding feast. Tirelessly they played Moroccan folk tunes."
Verso, middle (blue ink stamp): "PHOTO BY: PIX PUBLISHING INC, 250 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK CITY TEL. ELDORADO 5-4021 / PLEASE CREDIT PHOTO SCHALL-PIX / THIS PICTURE IS SOLD TO YOU FOR YOUR PUBLICATION ONLY AND MUST NOT BE LOANED, SYNDICATED OR USED FOR AD-VERTISING PURPOSES WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US."
Verso, middle left (red ink stamp): "OA 1841"
Verso, lower right (green ink stamp): "Westport Public Library Westport, Conn."
Inscribed Verso, top left (pencil): "RS-326 2200"
Verso, upper middle (pencil, mostly covered by typewritten paper): "1704 EA / 150"
Verso, upper middle (red pencil): "29", circled
Verso, lower middle (pencil): "-Morocco-", underlined
Arabian Nights in Morocco: With fabulous splendor and a dazzling display of Oriental pageantry Marrakesh (French Morocco) celebrated the simultaneous marriage of the three sons of its Pasha. / The procession of the gift bearers. Valuable presents were brought by all local chiefs who came to Marrakesh for the wedding.
Arabian Nights in Morocco: With fabulous splendor and a dazzling display of Oriental pageantry Marrakesh (French Morocco) celebrated the simultaneous marriage of the three sons of its Pasha. / The procession of the gift bearers. Valuable presents were brought by all local chiefs who came to Marrakesh for the wedding.
Date: c. 1935-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.221
Proconsuls of France: Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and experience officers, who are military commanders, administrators, judges and advisors -- all in one. A district so administered is Tinerhir, southeast of Marrakesh, French Morocco. / Here is Captain Deal, one of the most capable and experienced officers in the French colonial service. He has served in Morocco for twenty years, has taken part in practically every campaign and is a thorough expert in native problems, Tinerhir, Morocco
Proconsuls of France: Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and experience officers, who are military commanders, administrators, judges and advisors -- all in one. A district so administered is Tinerhir, southeast of Marrakesh, French Morocco. / Here is Captain Deal, one of the most capable and experienced officers in the French colonial service. He has served in Morocco for twenty years, has taken part in practically every campaign and is a thorough expert in native problems, Tinerhir, Morocco
Date: c. 1935-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.222
Proconsuls of France: Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and experience officers, who are military commanders, administrators, judges and advisors -- all in one. A district so administered is Tinerhir, southeast of Marrakesh, French Morocco. / In the courtyard of his residence, administrator Deal hears the complaint and arbitrates disputes of the natives. Men, women and children alike come to him with all their cares and torubles. He hardly ever fails them, Tinerhir, Morocco
Proconsuls of France: Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and experience officers, who are military commanders, administrators, judges and advisors -- all in one. A district so administered is Tinerhir, southeast of Marrakesh, French Morocco. / In the courtyard of his residence, administrator Deal hears the complaint and arbitrates disputes of the natives. Men, women and children alike come to him with all their cares and torubles. He hardly ever fails them, Tinerhir, Morocco
Date: c. 1935-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.224
Musicians performing on stage
Musicians performing on stage
Gordon Coster
Date: c. 1930s
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2018.12.34
Tannery, Marrakesh, Morocco
Tannery, Marrakesh, Morocco
Pierre Boucher
Date: 1937
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.78
Market place story teller, Marrakesh, Morocco
Market place story teller, Marrakesh, Morocco
Dr. Claude Jacoby
Date: c. 1955 - 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.98
Postcard of Napoleon's taxidermied dog from the island of Elba and his Arabian stallion le Vizir on display at the Musée de l’Armée in Paris
Postcard of Napoleon's taxidermied dog from the island of Elba and his Arabian stallion le Vizir on display at the Musée de l’Armée in Paris
J. Hauser
Date: 1908-1914
Medium: Photographic postcard
Object number: S2018.2.1104
President Meets Tribal Chief: President Joseph Kasavubu of the Congo shakes hands with a scantily clad tribal chief during visit last week to Coquilhatville, capital of the Congo's Equator Province. Man in center in unidentified. Kasavubu witnessed a display of folk dancing
President Meets Tribal Chief: President Joseph Kasavubu of the Congo shakes hands with a scantily clad tribal chief during visit last week to Coquilhatville, capital of the Congo's Equator Province. Man in center in unidentified. Kasavubu witnessed a display of folk dancing
Horst Faas
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.192
Fez, French Morocco: this series of photos shows you the old Arab City of Fez in French Morocco and the sights a tourist would see if he visited the market place in this city-narrow streets, second-hand clothes dealers, weavers, and many other things of interest. Pictured: Market day in Fez. View of part of the old market in Fez, with the Kasbah in the background, Morocco.
Fez, French Morocco: this series of photos shows you the old Arab City of Fez in French Morocco and the sights a tourist would see if he visited the market place in this city-narrow streets, second-hand clothes dealers, weavers, and many other things of interest. Pictured: Market day in Fez. View of part of the old market in Fez, with the Kasbah in the background, Morocco.
Dr. Claude Jacoby
Date: c. 1955 - 1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.100
Proconsuls of France: Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and experience officers, who are military commanders, administrators, judges and advisors -- all in one. A district so governed is Ouarzazate in the South of French Morocco. / In front of the fortified post, which also houses the Ministry for Native Affairs, the "proconsul-administrator" of the district, Captain Fournier, is seen talking to natives. Note also mounted native soldiers on sentry duty before the fortress, Ouarzazate, Morocco
Proconsuls of France: Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and experience officers, who are military commanders, administrators, judges and advisors -- all in one. A district so governed is Ouarzazate in the South of French Morocco. / In front of the fortified post, which also houses the Ministry for Native Affairs, the "proconsul-administrator" of the district, Captain Fournier, is seen talking to natives. Note also mounted native soldiers on sentry duty before the fortress, Ouarzazate, Morocco
Date: c. 1935-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.223
Demonstrators come well equipped outside the House Un-American Activities committee. After violence in which 40 demonstrators were arrested, pickets sat down and played tape recorder and played guitar while others sat on curb. The committee held last day of hearings into communist activitites here. Man standing is Wilberforce Jones a member of the Negro-American Labor Council, Chicago.
Demonstrators come well equipped outside the House Un-American Activities committee. After violence in which 40 demonstrators were arrested, pickets sat down and played tape recorder and played guitar while others sat on curb. The committee held last day of hearings into communist activitites here. Man standing is Wilberforce Jones a member of the Negro-American Labor Council, Chicago.
Unknown artist, American
Date: May 27, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2024.21.241
Morocco
Morocco
Charles Traub
Date: 1982
Medium: Color photograph on paper
Object number: 1984.6