These color postcards from The Library of Congress’ Photochrom collection let’s have a glimpse inside Tunisian culture in 1899 when it’s French protectorate at the time. These precious postcards show a vibrant daily life and religionary architecture in Tunisia a hundred years ago, which were printed from black and white negatives by using the popular Photochrom technique invented by a Swiss printer in the 1880s that was prior to color photography.
A street in Kairwan
A market in Kairwan
Souc-el-Trouk, Tunis
A snake charmer puts on a performance in Tunis
Leaving a mosque, Tunis
La Porte Française, Tunis
A traveling cook, Kairwan
A group before Bab Aleona, Tunis
The waterfront of Sousse
Bedchamber of the late Bey of Tunis, Kasr-el-Said
Private drawing room, Kasr-el-Said
Cathedral of St. Louis, Carthage
Bab Suika-Suker Square, Tunis
Kasbah market, Tunis
A bazaar in Tunis
A family of Bedouin beggars, Tunis
A camp of nomads, Tunis
Arabs in Tunis
A Bedouin woman, Tunis