"Séminaire, 4, Rue Driant, Eckmühl. - Oran (Algérie). - Cour du Grand Séminaire." The Grand Seminary building rises behind a courtyard full of trees and a fountain. Part of the roof is not shingled, but instead has a fence so that it may be used as a porch.
"Maison-Carrée (Algerie). Maison-Mère des Pères Blancs." There is a beautiful garden in front of the Mother House of the White Fathers. A man stands in the middle of the garden. The central part of the buidling is a church with a steeple. There is a cross on top of the steeple. The building then forms a "u" shape around the viewer. This postcard has been colorized. There is a handwritten note on the back of the card.
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Afrique Equatoriale - Caravane en marche." Missionaries together with indigenous people walk along a mountain road in a caravan. Many of the people carry packages on their heads and use walking sticks. Most of the people are in the distance, but three young men and two missionaries are prominently displayed in the front of the line.
"Missions D'Afrique. Alger. - Vue partielle." Boats are docked in the harbor of this Algerian port city. Buildings of all shapes and sizes are shown near the shore. There is quite a long series of arches along the edge of the harbor where it meets land. Additional information reads, "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. (Soeurs Blanches) Birmandreis (Alger). There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]. 8. - A roofed street." Two girls are depicted in a covered street. One is sitting on the ground and another leans against the right-hand wall. The street itself has stone steps and the walls and roof are also made of stone. Additional information indicates that this postcard was produced by the Missions of the White Fathers in Bonnelles, France.
"Mission D'Afrique. La leçon de couture." A missionary teaches girls how to sew. Most of the girls are sitting on benches on either side of the missionary. One girl is working with the missionary one-on-one. Additional information reads "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Soerus Blanches). St-Charles par Birmandreis (Alger)."
"No 26 - Missions des Pères Blancs - Sahara. Le Père de Foucauld dans I intérieur de son réduit en pisé â Tamanrasset." Father Foucauld is sitting outside a small adobe house. He is sitting on a short round wall in front of the building. Some steps lead up to the roof of the building in the background.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - Le bordj Chandez." This aerial view of a small town shows a large buidling with two slightly smaller outlying buidlings. There are gardens between to the two smaller buidlings. In the background there are much smaller homes among trees. It looks like this town is in the middle of the desert.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - Panorama de la ville indigène." There are very few buildings with roofs in this city. A few buildings have domes, but the others appear to be open to the air. It is an old city in need of repair. All of the walls are made of stone. A few palm trees are scattered through the streets.
"8 - Maison Carrée (Algérie). Noviciat des Pères Blancs." This large building belongs to the Noviciate of the White Fathers. It is in the shape of a "u" and has a small steeple with a cross on top of it in the middle. In front of the middle of the building is a statue. Leading up to the building is a large garden. There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"Stadshoekie uit Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]." Two men lean against a building on a street corner. A woman walks down the street, away from the men. The street is very narrow and there is a large tower that rises in the background.
"In de Kasbah te Algiers." Men and women walk down a street in the Kasbah region of the city of Algiers. The narrow street has steps in it and there are tall buidlings on either side.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - La ville nouvelle et ses jardins." This aerial view shows a town and its gardens. The gardens are central, and town buildings stand on either side of them. There is a truck on the lefthand side and some people walking in the gardens. There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - Un jeu favori : le domino." Three boys sit cross-legged on the ground and play dominoes. There is a stone wall behind them. They are all wearing turbans. There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"Soeurs Missionnaires De Notre-Dame D'Afrique. Soeurs Blanches Du Cardinal La Vigerie. Noviciat et Maison Mère à St-Charles par Birmandreïs-Alger." Gardens and fields surround the motherhouse and novitiate of the White Sisters. Their buidling is quite large, with many layers. There are smaller outlying buidlings around the main complex. There is a small map of the area printed on the back of this postcard.
"18. Ghardaia [Ghardaïa] - Rue des Légumes." Men and women walk down a street. On one side of the street a women sits and sells vegetables that look like pumpkins. Some cloth is strung over the street between the buildings that rise up on either side. The street is made of dirt.
Subject (Geographic):
Ghardaïa (Algeria)
Subject (Topic):
Food; Indigenous populations; Roads; Urban areas; Women
"1. En tournée chez les Kabyles." A male missionary speaks with women and children in front of a stone house. There is a garden off to the side. Some of the children sit with the missionary and others stand in the doorway of the house. Additional information directs donations to Lyon and Paris, France.
"En Kabylie. - In Kabijlenland." A girl leans against a rock outside as she poses for the camera. She is wearing traditional clothes. There is a handwritten note on the front of this postcard, and an address on the back.
"Le R.P. Charles de Foucauld Ermite au Sahara. Massacré à Tamanrasset (Hoggar), par les Senoussis fanatiques, le Ier Décembre 1916." The hermit Charles De Foucauld stands beside a building, looking off into the distance. He is dressed plainly and wears a cross around his neck.
