POSTCARDS AS COLONIAL KEEPSAKES

Postcards reproducing the work of three photographers

between the late 19th and the late 20th century. Arthur
Leipzig (19182014, an American Jewish street photog-
rapher), Marcelin Flandrin (18891957, a pied-noir from
Algeria who resettled in Morocco), and Flix-Jacques
Moulin (18021875, a French national), leveraged the
colonizing potential of photography by constructing a
Europeanized vision of Moroccan society. Their photo-
graphs were reproduced as postcards in the 1980s by the
Womens ORT (est. 1922) and by the Israel Museum in
Jerusalem. Flandrin, whose work was commissioned by
theFrench Protectorate of Morocco (19121956), focused
on the city of Casablanca, and was a prolific producer of
postcards in Morocco. Moulin, an agent of the French
empire, created reportage-style images for a French
audience.

1. Arthur Leipzig (19182014, United States)

Old Age Home Casablanca, Morocco, 1981
United States, Womens American ORT, n.d.
Offset lithograph
Gift of Karen Flanders, 92.63.1

2. Arthur Leipzig (19182014, United States)

Wedding Casablanca, Morocco, 1981
United States, Womens American ORT, n.d.
Offset lithograph
Gift of Karen Flanders, 92.63.8

3. Marcelin Flandrin (18891957, Algeria and Morocco)

Morocco Jewish grocery, ca. 1935
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, 1984
Offset lithograph
Gift of Alice Prager, 92.74.1

4. Flix-Jacques Moulin (18021875, France)

Jewish women from Ttouan, ca. 1875
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, 1984
Offset lithograph
Gift of Alice Prager, 92.74.5