On the slopes? – It must be Algeria!

Switzerland, Austria, The Pyrenees, the Rockies are all names one readily associates with skiing. Algeria, on the other hand, conjures up sun, sea and beaches but this poster advertising a winter sports week in 1930, 69 kilometres from Algiers, aims to show another side of North Africa.

The 3ft 3in x 2ft (99 x 62cm) colour lithographed poster, which depicts not only a downhill skier bu…

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