World War II Tunisian campaign photograph album : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

Tunisia--Photographs.

Tunisia.

Genre:

photograph albums.

Photographs.

Manuscripts, English -- 20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Max Rambod, Inc. (Woodland Hills, CA), 2024.

Physical Description:

1 volume (268 pages) ; 39 x 25 cm

Production:

Tunisia, 1943, 1945.

Summary:

This photograph album contains photographs, currency, and other ephemera compiled by an unidentified American serviceman in the aftermath of the Tunisian campaign of World War II. Most of the material dates to 1943, which is when the album appears to have been compiled, except for a newsletter laid in from 1945.The photographs depict the aftermath of the Tunisian and broader North African campaign, including Bizerte, a Nazi graveyard, abandoned German and Nazi tanks, trucks, and planes, and ruinous structures; general life in North Africa; and the serviceman and his peers, including those identified as Tony Madonia and Frank Browski.The currency includes five, ten, and twenty Franc notes and a one shilling note. The other ephemera includes French postal stamps, Bermuda Railway Co. tickets, “Visitez L’Algerie” cards, a clipping titled “How to Win French Friends,” and a 1945 edition of <emph>Transcor News</emph>, the newsletter of the Transportation Corps, titled “For the Personnel of the Seattle Port of Embarkation.”

Cited as:

World War II Tunisian campaign photograph album (Ms. Coll. 1761). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.