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
Date (EDTF)
1943
Place Depicted
North Africa
City or Area
Algiers
Keywords
World War 1939-1945 ; World War 2 ; World War II ; WW2 ; 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
SMU Libraries
Rights
This item may be protected by copyright law. Please cite the DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University as the source of this file. For more information contact degolyer@smu.edu.
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