20th Century

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Ethnographic image: Caravan
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Ethnographic image: School for indigenous Libyans
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Infrastructure project
Infrastructure project
Ethnographic image: Traditional Qur'anic School
Pietro Verri School for Libyan Jews
Benito Mussolini Italian-Arab School
Ethnographic image: A Student at the Qur'anic School
Italian-Arab School
Professional School for Arab Girls
Interior of a school for Arab Girls
Interior of a school for Jewish Girls
Class for Arab pupils
Agriculture
Agriculture: desert before reforestation
Agriculture: reforestation
Agriculture
Agriculture: grain cultivation
Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture: entrance to an agricultural concession
Agriculture: inside of a farm
Agriculture: artesian well
Agriculture: Italian concession of the Italian tobacco company, Tigrina
Agriculture: colonial house on an agricultural concession
Agriculture: Luigi Razza Agricultural Center in eastern Libya
Members of the Piedmonts Nobility visiting the Lui Razza village
Agriculture: The Beda Littoria Agricultural Center in eastern Libya
Agriculture: an agricultural village being constructed in the Libyan desert
Libyan Artisans: weaver's workshop
Libyan Artisans: silversmith's workshop
Libyan Artisans: potter's workshop
Local Libyan industries: tuna fishermen
Local Libyan industries: tuna fishermen
Local Libyan industries: tuna fishermen
Local Libyan industries: transporting sheep
Infrastructure project
Mount Neri (?), Libya
Berber fort
Old fort
Arab well in the oasis
Tajura Oasis
Friday sheep market
Salt lake in the desert
Acacus Mountains, Mount Neri (?)
Soda Mountain
Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
Tibesti Desert, Lari Valley
Mosque of Tajura', interior
Scene of a Zawiya
Indigenous performance
Local crowd in the market
Ethnographic image: bread vendor
Camel market in the Friday Suq
Itinerate vegetable seller
Vendor of amulets (tawqiyah)
Jewish washer-women
Prayer break during a desert caravan
Arab woman
Typical young Berber women
Young bedouin woman
Woman adorned with jewelry made by Libyan artisans
Maharisti, indigenous troops.
Maharisti squadron on the march
Maharisti squadron on the march
Maharisti
Typical Maharisti
Marshal Balbo reviewing a Maharisti Squadron
Marshal Balbo reviewing a Maharisti Squadron in the south
The Zaptie, Indigenous troops: the motorcycle division
Zaptie platoon escorting the Governor General
Indigenous cavalry troops, the Savari.
Charge of the Spahis (indigenous, irregular cavalry)
Young, Arab drummers from the Littorio
Marshal Balbo reviewing a division of the Arab youth of the Littorio, a youth organization he created
Division of Gal Sfila on parade
Student platoon from Gal.
The final stretch of road toward Tunisia on the Libyan coastal road
The Libya coastal road crossing the Sa'id Oasis
Administrator's house on the Libya coastal road
Coastal road: a section under construction
Costal road: a stretch crossing to Sebha. The street runs in a manufactured retaining wall (vespaio) to drain water.
Marshall Balbo visiting the workers on the coastal road
Leptis Magna: Basilica Severiana
Leptis Magna: The Triumphal Arch of Trajan
Leptis Magna: the Caldarium of the baths
Leptis Magna: Tourists visiting the baths
Leptis Magna: a pool in the baths
Leptis Magna: the gymnasium in the baths
Leptis Magna: The Prince of the Piedmont accompanying Marshall Balbo on a visit to the excavations
Sabratha: the exterior of the Roman theater now reconstructed under Governor Balo. It was inaugurated in 1937 with a grad performance of Oedipus Rex
Sabratha: the interior of the theater
Sabratha: the stage of the Roman theater
Sabratha: a detail of the reconstructed stage of the theater
Apollonia: the Basilica
Cyrene: Roman columns
Cyrene: panoramic view of the archaeological zone
The Libyan Desert: a dune
An automobile caravan in the desert
Giado: a departure point for caravans from the oasis
Taourga Oasis