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Name of Object:

Algerian Drinkseller [Paris Exhibition, 1878]

Name in original language:

Algerino venditore di bibite

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Central Library

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Holding Institution (original language):

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale

Date of Object:

1878

Description:

Within the International Exhibition in Paris, 1878, commercial activities typical of the colony were performed in the park next to Trocadero Pavilion. Working activities were part of the project of the reconstruction of a hypothetical neighbourhood. The picturesque recreation of the Algerian surroundings includes a drinkseller offering lemonade kept fresh inside "alcarazas” made by red earth.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

L'Esposizione di Parigi del 1878 illustrata, Sonzogno Editore, 1878, p. 249

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Roma.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "Algerian Drinkseller [Paris Exhibition, 1878]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;202;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 060

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