Apr 19 1916 Georges Chevalier takes these 105-year-old colour autochrome photos,
A 8 111 & A 8 113, of
Spahis ( French colonial soldiers from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco )
These are not colourizations.
France, D’Arles à Uzès , Le Brigadier de Toulouse, fils de Parents Toulousains, le Spahi de Paris, parents originaires de Nancy, le plus grands des deux : de Constantine, et l’autre de Biskra
Tarascon, France
19 avril 1916
Source: Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Officier de Spahis, vers 1860.
Apr 19 1916 Georges Chevalier takes these 105-year-old colour autochrome photos,
A 8 111 & A 8 113, of
Spahis ( French colonial soldiers from Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco )
These are not colourizations.
France, D’Arles à Uzès , Le Brigadier de Toulouse, fils de Parents Toulousains, le Spahi de Paris, parents originaires de Nancy, le plus grands des deux : de Constantine, et l’autre de Biskra
Tarascon, France
19 avril 1916
Source: Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine
Soldiers of the 4th Spahis regiment in Pas-de-Calais in February 1916.
Spahis were light cavalry regiments of the French army recruited
primarily from the indigenous populations of Algeria, Tunisia and
Morocco.
Lieutenant Leon Husson of the Moroccan Spahis regiment 1913