Very grainy black and white photograph, published in a newspaper, showing a North African woman, in light-coloured clothes, sitting in a room, her head in her left hand, eyes closed. The room and the woman are viewed from behind bars. Below the image, it says: "Cartes Postales Illustrées en noir et couleurs, Collection J. Bringau, 7, Boulevard de France, Alger". Available via Gallica: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5586174x/f26.item

There are some really strange adverts in #ColonialNewspapers: This 1909 advert - for postcards by J. Bringau in Algiers - was published in several North African newspapers. It shows a very sad-looking Algerian woman. Who bought this postcard & who was it sent to? #Orientalism #ColonialPhotography 📷🗃️