The New Found Photography

All images in The New Found Photography are from my own private collection. I do not reblog or use any photos from any other source. All photos are either original prints or prints made from negatives in my collection. Remember, you can always click on an image to see it in a larger window.

Showing posts with label africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label africa. Show all posts
Friday, December 19, 2025

Raadskelde(r)

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  More often than not, there really isn't much research that can be done on the old photos in my collection.  But every once in a while,...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

Out of Africa

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  It looks like it's from Africa.  
Friday, December 29, 2017

Street Scenes, Algeria

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In the previous post, a French postcard publisher showed the French presence in Algeria.  In this post, ordinary, day to day life.  I co...
Thursday, December 28, 2017

Mobile Defense

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If my translation is correct, that bit of type on the top of the card reads, Algeria, the admiralty and the mobile defense.  This card w...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

In Africa

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My first thought, on seeing this photograph, was the military.  Then I realized that what looked like a uniform lacked emblems of rank, u...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Missionaries

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One of the pleasures of collecting old photographs is...well, guessing. Even when an image is labeled with dates, names, and loc...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Cape to Cairo

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The Cape to Cairo Railway was the vision of Cecil Rhodes. The last 700 miles from the southern to Sudan into Uganda have never been com...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Brazzaville

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How were the European colonial powers able to conquer millions of people with so few troops? I suspect this postcard from French Congo, also...
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