TN 398
3 colonial postcards of Bone, now known as Annaba. Algeria’s leading industrial city, it was one of the main French settlements, and it still has a sizeable minority of the "Pied-Noir". One notable pied-noir from Bône was General Alphonse Juin, a Marshal of France and then the Central European NATO Commander. Architectural interest.
Price: $90.00
TN 397
5 colonial postcards of Blida and nearby Chiffa Gorge. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest. Blida is surrounded by a wall of considerable extent, pierced by six gates, and is further defended by Port Mimieh, crowning a steep hill on the left bank of the river. The nearby Chiffa gorge is one of the few habitats of the endangered Barbary macaque.
Price: $150.00
TN 396
8 colonial postcards of Biskra. Architectural, colonial and local arab interest. A number of cards from the War of Independence period. A garrison town, Biskra was again the scene of anti-French assaults during the Algerian War of Independence where house-to-house battles cost many lives.
Price: $240.00
TN 395
6 colonial postcards of Sidi -Bel-Abbes. Colonial and arab life and architectural interest. Many cards from the period leading up to and during the war of Independence. From the 1830s until 1962 the city was closely associated with the French Foreign Legion, being the location of its basic training camp, and the headquarters of its 1st Foreign Regiment. In the 1930s much of the old city walls were demolished. Wide boulevards and squares replaced the traditional quarters, causing the town to lose much of its former character.
Price: $180.00
TN 394
2 early French postcards of Ghardaia, Algeria. Local life and architecture. In her 1963 book, La Force des choses, the French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir described Ghardaïa as "a Cubist painting beautifully constructed".
Price: $60.00
TN 393
6 colonial postcards of Fort National. Architectural and colonial interest.
Price: $180.00
TN 392
4 colonial postcards of Nemours (called Ghazaouet after Independence). Most issued during the Independence War period.
Price: $120.00
TN 391
11 colonial postcards of Medea (Until 1962 Médéa was a garrison town for the French army). Some cards issued during the War of Independence period.
Price: $330.00
TN 390
3 colonial postcards of Mecheria (current President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune was born here in 1945), Marnia (renamed Maghnia) and Mustapha (After independence in 1962, it was given the new name of Si Mustapha, after the nom de guerre of the ALN fighter Mohamed Saoudi, who died nearby in combat on 25 November 1958). Colonial, local arab and architectural interest.
Price: $90.00
TN 389
6 colonial postcards of Miliana. In 1957 during the Algerian War a battle took place at the Oued Guergour to the south of Miliana between the mujahideens and the French army. From 1874 to 1975 up to 2000 people worked in an underground iron ore mine on Mont Zacca.
Price: $180.00