Unità documentaria 012 - Anne Despott, her maid Inez and Mary Callus

1 digital surrogate of photograph on paper

Inez was one of two maids which the Despott family had in their employ at their villa in the Giorginpopili neighbourhood of Tripoli, Libya. According to Jean Borg, when communal violence used to break out between the Libyan Muslims and the Libyan Jews (which was common), Inez and the other maid, Fatimah (who was Muslim), used to come to blows. Anne Despott, Jean's mother, used to separate them for days by ordering one to stay on the upper floor while the other one was confined to the ground floor of the villa.

• inglese

On the reverse: Ann Despott, Inez (Jewish), Mary Callus. Sending all my best love. To dear auntie. Mary 29-11-47 xxx

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): B&W; positive; paper print. Photographic Type: Gelatin Silver print. Size and dimensions of the digital surrogate image: TIFF: 7.84 MB (8,229,996 bytes); JPEG: 175 KB (179,605 bytes); 1936 x 2416 pixels; 24 bit depth; Resolution: 600 DPI

Original found at Jean Borg

Internal relationship: Related to Jean Borg interviews and ephemera

Photographer: n/a; Locality: Tripoli, Libya; Site: Giorginpopoli

The digital copy was created on 10/05/2017. Reproduction: scanning, Capture Software: Canon 9000F Mark II.

General keywords: Migration, Tripoli, Libya, Italian prisoners of war, British Army, Santo Spirito Hospital, Communal violence, Mintoff, Rundown, Withdrawal, Diseases, Patients, Healthcare

Date of cataloguing: 13/09/2019