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Title: First glimpse of Algiers
Alternative Title: A vision of blue seas and azure skies; an introduction to the followers of the Prophet
Creator: Scripps, Ellen Browning, 1836-1932
Date Created and/or Issued: 1882-03-28
Publication Information: The Detroit Evening News
Ella Strong Denison Library; Claremont Colleges Digital Library
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions, please contact Ella Strong Denison Library at http://libraries.claremont.edu/denison
Description: Correspondence for the Detroit Evening News. Ellen Browning Scripps describes her sea voyage from Marseille to Algiers and the Bay of Algiers. She writes about the commissionaire from a local hotel, and the dress and manner of local workers.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: ebs00016
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15831coll3/id/120
Language: English
Subject: Historic sites - France
France - Colonies - Algeria
Seaports
Religion (Islam)
African costumes and attire
Place: Marseille (France)
Nîmes (France)
Mediterranean Sea
Algiers (Algeria)
Bay of Algiers (Algeria)
Source: Ellen Browning Scripps Collection, Detroit Evening News Travel Letters 1-20, Drawer 24, Folder 13
Relation: Travel letters
Ellen Browning Scripps 1836-1932, Journalist, Humanitarian, Educator - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/p15831coll3

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