Morocco

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Collection of 62 French colonial postcards on different trades and occupations in Morocco, such as hairdressing, farming, forging, delivering goods, weaving, pottery making, brick making, drawing water, selling scrap, shipping, woodworking, grocer, metal working, hauling wood, blacksmith, painting, spinning cotton, transporting food, bookbinding, more. Some postcards contain handwritten text and dates on reverse. B

Price: $1860.00

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Photograph of a soccer team comprised of Spanish military stationed at Melilla in 1921. M

Price: $30.00

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Collection of 24 photographic postcards from a soldier based in Tetuan in 1921. Most contain correspondence. Camp life, soccer, views of Tetuan, local life, military hardware. M

Price: $600.00

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Rare early 20th century German chromos on Morocco. m KN en

Price: $300.00

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Collection of French and English illustrations regarding German interest in Morocco. Full of satire. The cartoon by left wing L’Assiette au Beurre is especially clever. The illustration show the Germans in Morocco, with the caption reading “I am enthusiastic and afraid. Perhaps I am in Tanger”. It is a play on words to rhyme with “danger”. B eh

Price: $150.00

Note: The First Moroccan Crisis (also known as the Tangier Crisis) was an international crisis between March 1905 and May 1906 over the status of Morocco. The crisis worsened German relations with both France and the United Kingdom, and helped enhance the new Anglo-French Entente.MR 080

On March 31, 1905, Kaiser William II of Germany landed at Tangier and conferred with representatives of Sultan Abdelaziz. The Kaiser declared he had come to support the sovereignty of the Sultan—a statement which amounted to a provocative challenge to French influence in Morocco. The Sultan subsequently rejected a set of French-proposed governmental reforms and issued invitations to major world powers to a conference which would advise him on necessary reforms. Germany sought a multilateral conference where the French could be called to account before other European powers. The French foreign minister, Théophile Delcassé, took a defiant line, holding that there was no need for such a conference. Count Bernhard von Bülow, the German Chancellor, threatened war over the issue. The crisis peaked in mid-June. The French cancelled all military leave (June 15) and Germany threatened to sign a defensive alliance with the Sultan (June 22).MR 080 French Premier Maurice Rouvier refused to risk war with Germany over the issue. Delcassé resigned, as the French government would no longer support his policy. On July 1, France agreed to attend the conference.

The crisis continued to the eve of the conference at Algeciras, with Germany calling up reserve units (December 30) and France moving troops to the German border (January 3). The Algeciras Conference was called to settle the dispute, lasting from January 16 to April 7, 1906. Of the 13 nations present, the German representatives found that their only supporter was Austria-Hungary. A German attempt at compromise was rejected by all but Austria-Hungary. France had firm support from Britain, Russia, Italy, Spain, and the United States. The Germans decided to accept a face-saving compromise agreement on March 31,MR 080 1906 that was signed on May 31, 1906. France agreed to yield control of the Moroccan police, but otherwise retained effective control of Moroccan political and financial affairs. Although the Algeciras Conference temporarily solved the First Moroccan Crisis, it only worsened the tensions between the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente that ultimately led to the First World War. The First Moroccan Crisis also showed that the Entente Cordiale was strong, as Britain had defended France in the crisis. The crisis can be seen as a reason for the Anglo-Russian Entente and the Anglo-Franco-Spanish Pact of Cartagena being signed the following year. Kaiser Wilhelm II was angry at being humiliated and was determined not to back down again, which led to the German involvement in the Second Moroccan Crisis."

MR 162

31 colonial postcards on Moroccan music and dance customs. B

Price: $930.00

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48 colonial postcards of kasbahs and palaces. M

Price: $1400.00

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68 colonial postcards on views and scenes of smaller Moroccan towns and villages. Shown are Fez-Djedid, Taourirt, Fedallah, Bab-Djedid, Bou-Denib, Martimprey-du-Kiss, Taroudant, Mehedya, Moul-El-Bacha, Boujad, Ber Rechid, Beni-Mellal, Ain-Defali, Ifrane, Midelt, Quezzan, Ain-Leuh, Sale, Mechraa-Ben-Abbou, Moulay Yacoub, Quezzan, Azemmour, Khenifra, Mequinez, Bou-Anan, Bin-Lemdam Moulay Idriss, Guercif, Sefrou, Settat, Mogador, El Hajeb, Fedalah, Azemmour, Agadir, Volubilis, Azilal, Tiferlanne, Oued-Zem, Bab-Djedid, Chiffa, Taza, Safi, Fez. B

Price: $1750.00

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9 colonial postcards of habits, types and architecture of Kenitra. M

Price: $180.00

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15 colonial postcards of habits, types and architecture of Saffi. M

Price: $450.00

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24 colonial postcards of Mazagan. Mostly architectural interest. Most cards contain a french military occupation stamp "Services des Subsistances. Annexe de Mazagan" and issued during the height of the failed revolt of the short-lived Riff Repbulic against the Franco-Spanish administration and the Sultan. m

Price: $720.00

MR 147

36 colonial postcards of Figuig, a city on the Algerian border. In 1845, during the French conquest of Algeria, the town was designated as being within the Moroccan sphere of influence; it was conquered by French forces in 1904 and became part of the French protectorate of Morocco in 1912. The population of the villages is of mixed origin, and both Tamazight (an Amazigh [Berber] language) and Arabic are spoken. Because of disease and the high elevation of the oasis, the town’s date palms are not commercially important; fruits and vegetables are grown mostly for local consumption.

Price: $1380.00

MR 147