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.

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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. / 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.
Datec. 1935-1939
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/8 × 8 in. (20.7 × 20.3 cm) Image: 8 1/8 × 8 in. (20.7 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.221
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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): "26. The procession of the first bearers. Valuable presents were brought by all local chiefs who came to Marrakesh for the wedding."
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."
Verso, bottom right (black ink stamp): "MADE IN U.S.A."
Inscribed Verso, top left (pencil): "RS-331 1500"
Verso, top right (pencil): "66"
Verso, upper middle (pencil, partially covered): "1704EA / 120"
Verso, upper middle (red pencil): "26", circled
Verso, lower middle left (pencil): "-Morocco-", underlined
Verso, lower middle right (charcoal): "7", circled
Verso, lower middle (charcoal): "--- 32 1/2 I ---"
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.
Date: c. 1935-1939
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.220
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
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
Photo by John Bentham.
The First and Last Christmas Presents
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1869
Medium: Graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.73a-b
T. D. Lisenko presents "evidence" against genetics at the United Academy of Agricultural Sciences conference, Moscow
T. D. Lisenko presents "evidence" against genetics at the United Academy of Agricultural Sciences conference, Moscow
Dmitri Baltermants
Date: 1948, printed 2003
Medium: Gelatin silver Estate print
Object number: 2023.12.145
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Date: July 15, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.274
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
Morocco
Morocco
Charles Traub
Date: 1982
Medium: Color photograph on paper
Object number: 1984.6
Morocco '82
Morocco '82
Jerry Gordon
Date: 1982
Medium: Color photograph
Object number: 1984.3