Algiers Travel Poster: P.L.M. Cie Gle Transatlantique by Frédéric Hugo d’Alési, 1898 Size:12x16in (30x40cm) providing a narrative through its

providing a narrative through its design

a city steeped in history and culture

Calle San Fernando

Harrison Avenue

offering a unique perspective on the world’s political and geographical landscape as it stood in 1967

Algiers Travel Poster: P.L.M. Cie Gle Transatlantique by Frédéric Hugo d’Alési, 1898 Size:12x16in (30x40cm) providing a narrative through itsP. L. M. Cie Gle Transatlantique. Alger by Frdric Hugo dAlsi (1898) is a luminous Art Nouveau travel poster inviting European voyagers to the shores of Algiers at the height of the Belle poque travel boom. Designed to entice wouldbe travelers aboard the combined rail and steamer routes, the composition sets a poised figure in traditional North African attire before a modern ocean liner, capturing the allure of the Mediterranean crossing and the