Photo of the Day
a group of men in Algeria
December 5, 2012
M'Sila, Algeria
This Month in Photo of the Day: Vintage National Geographic Photographs A circa 1926 autochrome image by Franklin Price Knott shows a group of men in M’Sila, Algeria. An autochrome series by Knott composed the first color photographic essay to be published in National Geographic. See more pictures from the archives » View a timeline of the history of photography » See pictures from the book Odysseys and Photographs »
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