Wealthy British family photographed every step of their trips abroad in early 20th century, rivalling today’s social media-loving holidaymakers
- The Bowen family documented their travels across Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia and Algeria 112 years ago
- A photo album taken by the father, mother and two daughters in 1908 has emerged and will be auctioned
- It shows them talking to locals, riding on camels as well as giving examples of the surrounding architecture
A huge photograph album charting an Edwardian family’s holiday to the Middle East that could rival the Instagram holiday-makers of today has emerged 112 years later.
The vast album contains 500 photographs and postcards that were taken by the snap-happy Bowen family.
The husband, wife and their two grown-up daughters were prolific photographers and captured almost every step of their month-long trip.
They left the UK from Southampton by boat on March 4, 1908, and the photo album runs chronologically after that.
A huge photograph album charting a wealthy Edwardian family’s holiday to Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria has emerged 112 years later. Pictured: Two of the Bowen family ride camels in the desert
One of the Bowen women in an Edwardian dress and hat gazes down a tiled street as local families with children go about their daily business
The Bowen father, mother and two daughters sit down to meet locals they labelled ‘Friends!’ in the album on the roof of a cafe
Source: Mail Online: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8887963/Edwardian-familys-holiday-pictures-Morocco-Algiers-Tunisia-Algeria-auction.html
