Africa?: Unidentified Large Army Deployment / Tent City (Vintage Cabinet Photo ~1890s/1900s)

original cabinet card photo - no reprint!

sepia toned gelatin silver print

cabinet card photos have been first introduced in 1860 and slowly replaced the smaller carte de visite photos...

north africa? ~ 1890s/1900s

photo most likely shows a large deployment of the french colonial army (troupes coloniales - troupes de marine - armée coloniale) somewhere in north africa...

mounted photo

size photo: ~ 8 x 16.7 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

total size of cabinet card: ~ 10.2 x 21 cm

condition: excellent...please also refer to scans which show complete front and backside of photo

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