Black Army: Under orders from their officer, they fire the canons (recruited Africans for World War II), Ivory Coast (now Burkina Faso)

Skip to main content
Black Army: Under orders from their officer, they fire the canons (recruited Africans for World War II), Ivory Coast (now Burkina Faso)
Black Army: Under orders from their officer, they fire the canons (recruited Africans for World War II), Ivory Coast (now Burkina Faso)
Artist/Maker (French, 1902 – 1999)
DateDecember 1939
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (24 × 21.3 cm) Sheet: 9 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (24 × 21.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.50
Not on view
Collections

Additional Details

Markings Verso, upper center (stamp, pink ink): "VISA CENSURE No"
Verso, upper center (stamp, blue ink): "ALLIANCE PHOTO"
Verso, center center (stamp, blue ink): "PHOTO DENISE BELLON"
Verso, right center (stamp, black ink): "ALLIANCE PHOTO ADEP / 2 RUE St SIMON. PARIS (7) BAC. 11.71"
Inscribed Verso, upper left corner (pencil): "DB-468.2"
Verso, upper left edge (pencil): "1250"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "32779"
Verso, upper right (pencil): "Coted Ivor" [translation: "Ivory Coast"]
Verso, upper right (pencil): "A.O.F"
Verso, lower center (pencil): "Armée noire / Sous les ordres de leur officier... [untranslated passage in French]" [translation: "Black Army / Under the orders of their officer..."]
Chateau d'Eau, Peyrou, Montpellier, France
Chateau d'Eau, Peyrou, Montpellier, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.25
A corner of "hell," puppets of Lyonnaise "Guignol," France
A corner of "hell," puppets of Lyonnaise "Guignol," France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.26
The backdrops represent a typical street scene in Lyon, Lyonnaise "Guignol," France
The backdrops represent a typical street scene in Lyon, Lyonnaise "Guignol," France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.27
Untitled (Playing volleyball), France
Untitled (Playing volleyball), France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.28
Department store after the Armistice (Bazar de Decines), Decines-Charpieu, France
Department store after the Armistice (Bazar de Decines), Decines-Charpieu, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1945
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.29
Untitled (Flag ceremony), Chamonix, France
Untitled (Flag ceremony), Chamonix, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.30
Dordogne, Paris
Dordogne, Paris
Denise Bellon
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.31
Fabrication of the ball for pelote in Guethary, Basque Country, France
Fabrication of the ball for pelote in Guethary, Basque Country, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1938
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.32
An older woman enters the Banquet of the Elders, 15th Arrondissement, Parc Monceau, Paris, France
An older woman enters the Banquet of the Elders, 15th Arrondissement, Parc Monceau, Paris, France
Denise Bellon
Date: c. 1946
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.33
Target shooting, France
Target shooting, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1930s
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.34
Nurses on break, the Hôpital Édouard Herriot; Research into vitamin deficiency in the childrens hospital led by Prof. Georges Mouriquand, Lyon, France
Nurses on break, the Hôpital Édouard Herriot; Research into vitamin deficiency in the childrens hospital led by Prof. Georges Mouriquand, Lyon, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1941
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.35
Workers at petroleum refinery, Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Workers at petroleum refinery, Merkwiller-Pechelbronn, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Denise Bellon
Date: 1937
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.36