RARE MOORISH GIRLS 1860S CDV PHOTO BY CHOUFFLY ETHNIC MOROCCO ARAB AFRICA Railroadiana That whole story is on

That whole story is on the printout

and his wife Emma

if this portrait was taken for memorial purposes

so I think it was likely this was taken in that area as well

Original 1/9th plate ambrotype of a young soldier wearing a tinted red battle shirt

RARE MOORISH GIRLS 1860S CDV PHOTO BY CHOUFFLY ETHNIC MOROCCO ARAB AFRICA Railroadiana That whole story is onOriginal CDV. On the back is written, "Moorish Girls, Tangiers" [Morocco], also signed by the photographer, A. ChoufflyFrom online:"These cartes de visite, nevertheless, are of considerable importance. They not only represent some of the finest ever North African figure studies, but they are remarkably early studies of Moroccan people. The photograph might equally reporesent the work of one of the first resident phoographs in that country. Studios do