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A Madame and French soldier, Medina, Algiers, 1943

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Title	A Madame and French soldier, Medina, Algiers, 1943
Creator	Shaffer, Melvin C.
Description	The Madame of the Medina brothel in Algiers. Probably of mixed Arabic and French parentage, she openly solicited for her business with gesture, talk and frequent display of her charms by opening her robe to entice any passerby, including the young Foreign Legionnaire in the background -- and, of course, the American GI with the big camera.
Original Date	1943
Place Depicted	North Africa
City or Area	Algiers
Keywords	World War 1939-1945, Casablanca, Morocco, Description, Travel, Children, Girls, Berbers, Public laundries, Portrait photography, Photographs
Subject	World War, 1939-1945
Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2002-05-25
Digital Format	.jpg
Call Number	Ag2002.1454
SMU File Name	namcs044na.jpg
Digital Collection	Melvin C. Shaffer World War II Photographs
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	The files in this collection are protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted without the written permission of Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries. These files may be freely used for educational purposes, provided they are not altered in any way, and Southern Methodist University is cited. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.