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

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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 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
Datec. 1935-1939
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsSheet: 7 3/4 × 8 in. (19.7 × 20.3 cm) Image: 7 3/4 × 8 in. (19.7 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.224
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Markings Verso, top (taped typewritten paper): "SCHA/1704 H/ 8 PROCONSULS OF FRANCE / Wide areas of France's African empire are governed practically single-handed by highly capable and experienced officers, who are military commanders,administrators, judges and teachers - all in one. A district so administered is Tinerhir,, south-east of Marrakesh,French Morocco. / In the courtyard of his residence, administrator Deal hears the complaintsand arbitrates disputes of the natives. Men, women, and children alike come to him with all their cares and troubles. He hardly ever fails them."
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 right (green ink stamp): "Westport Public Library Westport, Conn."
Verso, lower right (green ink stamp): "Westport Public Library ... Conn."
Inscribed Verso, top left (pencil): "RS-343 / 1250"
Verso, upper right (pencil, fully covered): "1704H / 42"
Verso, upper middle (red pencil): "8", circled
Verso, lower middle (pencil): "French Foreign Legion", underlined
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 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
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
© Danny Lyon. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Cl…
Pumpkin and Theresa, in Theresa's Room. 'Every Day Began with a Dance that Hardly Ever Stopped,' from the series "Galveston"
Danny Lyon
Date: 1967 (printed 2010)
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2013.5.40
All the old dances of the country are evoked in any role and even the quadrille of the lancers, Haute-Maurienne, France
All the old dances of the country are evoked in any role and even the quadrille of the lancers, Haute-Maurienne, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1941
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.24
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
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
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
Donkey head, Morocco
Donkey head, Morocco
Pierre Boucher
Date: 1935
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.40
Donkey with carrying bags, Morocco
Donkey with carrying bags, Morocco
Pierre Boucher
Date: 1935
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2021.12.41
Street scene with prostitutes and French sailors in the streets of Bousbir (Fortified enclosure of Casablanca, built to accommodate the "quarter reserved" for prostitution of the city. When Morocco became a French protectorate by the Treaty of Fez in 1912
Street scene with prostitutes and French sailors in the streets of Bousbir (Fortified enclosure of Casablanca, built to accommodate the "quarter reserved" for prostitution of the city. When Morocco became a French protectorate by the Treaty of Fez in 1912
Denise Bellon
Date: 1936
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.53