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

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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
Datec. 1935-1939
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 8 1/4 × 8 1/8 in. (21 × 20.6 cm) Image: 8 1/4 × 8 1/8 in. (21 × 20.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.223
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Markings Verso, upper middle (taped typewritten paper): "SCHA/1704 FB/35 PROCONSULS OF FRANCE / Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and expwrienced officers, who are military comma nders, administrators, judges, and advisers - 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 native. Note also mounted native soldiers on sentry duty before the fortress."
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, 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-341 1250"
Verso, middle (pencil): brackets surrounding typewritten "proconsul-administrator" with line to "attention / officias des Allaizes Zndigins"
Verso, upper middle (red pencil): "35", circled
Verso, lower middle (pencil): "French Foreign Legion", underlined
Verso, bottom left (pencil): "is this 17353"
Verso, bottom right (pencil): "PPI"
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
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
Southern Morocco -- Land of Thirst: Chleuh of the tribe of Ait Ahmed, gathered at the native office of Anri in the Anti-Atlas, to receive loans of barley intended for sowing. Each man, sitting on his bag, waits for the distrbnution to be finished.
Southern Morocco -- Land of Thirst: Chleuh of the tribe of Ait Ahmed, gathered at the native office of Anri in the Anti-Atlas, to receive loans of barley intended for sowing. Each man, sitting on his bag, waits for the distrbnution to be finished.
René Zuber
Date: October 1937
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.235
Street scene in Tangier. The native quarters of the city, known as Medina, is very old and characterized by narrow streets and low, two-story houses. Because of the heat, houses have only few, small windows, Morocco.
Street scene in Tangier. The native quarters of the city, known as Medina, is very old and characterized by narrow streets and low, two-story houses. Because of the heat, houses have only few, small windows, Morocco.
Dr. Claude Jacoby
Date: 1955-1965
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.99
April Waterman & Family (Native Americans), Buffalo, NY, from the "Lower West Side Revisited" series
April Waterman & Family (Native Americans), Buffalo, NY, from the "Lower West Side Revisited" series
Milton Rogovin
Date: 1974-2002
Medium: Quadriptych of vintage gelatin silver prints
Object number: 2024.21.143a-d
La Forme Family (Native American), Buffalo, NY, from the "Lower West Side Revisited" series
La Forme Family (Native American), Buffalo, NY, from the "Lower West Side Revisited" series
Milton Rogovin
Date: 1972
Medium: Early gelatin silver print
Object number: 2024.21.159
Native American ceremony, near Phoenix, Arizona
Native American ceremony, near Phoenix, Arizona
Bill Owens
Date: 1976 (printed 2000)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.128
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
Date: June 16, 1975
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.267
Poet Saint-John Perse in Paris after receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux, Perse was also an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis Saint-Leger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, Hotel Cambon
Poet Saint-John Perse in Paris after receiving the Grand Prix des Lettres from French Minister of Culture Andre Malraux, Perse was also an eminent diplomat under his real name of Alexis Saint-Leger. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1960, Hotel Cambon
Date: 1959
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.248
Peru - background: Health and progress. Health and Progress is the central theme of a special issue of World Health devoted to Latin America. Its shows the mutual dependence of the various components of well-being, in which health as a social service is included. It also stresses that only harmonious planned development can bring about progress. Improvement and modernization of working conditions make a better life, better health and a higher yield. Clearing the jungle in Lorato Province
Peru - background: Health and progress. Health and Progress is the central theme of a special issue of World Health devoted to Latin America. Its shows the mutual dependence of the various components of well-being, in which health as a social service is included. It also stresses that only harmonious planned development can bring about progress. Improvement and modernization of working conditions make a better life, better health and a higher yield. Clearing the jungle in Lorato Province
Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.171
Canal Does Double Duty: A small boar is maneuvered along a canal in the Cai San area of South Viet Nam where thousands of acres of abandoned land have been reclaimed through the American aid program. This canal, while serving as a transportation route, also provides water for rice planting. The area is included in the resettlement program that has benefited some 12,000 refugee families from communist North Viet Nam, Cai San, South Viet Nam
Canal Does Double Duty: A small boar is maneuvered along a canal in the Cai San area of South Viet Nam where thousands of acres of abandoned land have been reclaimed through the American aid program. This canal, while serving as a transportation route, also provides water for rice planting. The area is included in the resettlement program that has benefited some 12,000 refugee families from communist North Viet Nam, Cai San, South Viet Nam
Unknown artist
Date: August 22, 1959
Medium: Vintage newswire
Object number: 2023.12.187
Image Not Available for Hambourg's Modern Business District
Hambourg's Modern Business District
Alfred Ehrhardt
Date: c. 1930s (?)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2009.5.3