Photo Collections

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Four snaps of Eritrean, Somali and Libyan troops parading in Rome for the first anniversary of the founding of the Italian Empire. Dated Rome May 9, 1937 on reverse. M

Price: $90.00

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Photos of Italian advisors to the establishment of Somalia, visiting Asmara in 1949. All photos identified on reverse. M

Price: $120.00

Note: In 1949, when the British military administration ended, Italian Somaliland became a United Nations trusteeship known as the Trust Territory of Somaliland. Under Italian administration, this trust territory lasted ten years, from 1950 to 1960, with legislative elections held in 1956 and 1959.

 

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French press photo of Haile Selassie with Franco in Madrid. SOLD

Price: $40.00

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Photo set belonging to Colonel Giovanni Fresca. 287 photos. Shots covering a wide array of subjects, the most interesting of which are the photos of Addis Abeba during occupation and also the hinterland. No captions. Fresca was an administrator. M

Price: $600.00

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Photo collection from an Italian soldier fighting in Ethiopia. Most with no captions, but there are some important photos here. The Abuna is shown with Graziani in November, less than 3 months before his attempted assassination and his violent reprisal against Coptic church. Ethiopian nobles, a forward military camp, an unknown Coptic ritual under military supervision, Italians and locals together, Italian esprit, church novices, local habits and types, military transport with camels, rare photo of standard bearer for the 21st colonial battalion, Italians drawing water from a creek, Italian dignitaries, local militia, t-aph224a13APH 224rare photos of Italian midget tankettes, Italians and ascaris assembled together, a war chief of Ras Gugsa, military fort. A fine collection of 88 photos. M

Price: $2000.00

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Collection of 10 snaps from a soldier in Ethiopia. Shown are the market in Adi Ugri, unknown small Italian cemetery, local tuculs, getting water on the Tacazi river, rare photo of a column of Libyans, very rare photo of an Italian aircraft circling a military camp, Coptic procession in front of the Italians. Some captioned. M

Price: $150.00

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Two large photos of Asmara in 1898 and Batteria Assante around the same time and place. SOLD

Price: $80.00

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Photo collection belonging to an Italian soldier in Ethiopia. Nice photo of an Abyssinian woman in her best clothes and shoes going to visit a European, fun photos of an Italian soldier dressed as a Somali dubat and about to stab his friend, Italians mixing with receptive locals, Italian cemetery, soldiers in the field, Italians and Ethiopians caring for cavalry horses, local family life, group of muslims carrying a dead body, village by the sea, local village, Italian in a local raft, fraternity between Italians and local youth,t-aph207bAPH 207 local men under arms amidst the Italian flag, rare photo of local commerce between locals on a lake, swarm of locus over an Italian camp, Gondar castle, makeshift bridge over a river, Italians goofing around while repairing a car, Ethiopian dead from the last day of fighting at Amba Aradam (February 15) and the following fight at Mai Cieu, Ethiopian prisoners being hung, Ascaris purchasing fabric from the locals, loading donkeys with empty water bottles after water delivery to an Italian fort, defaced Italian memorial, wounded/diseased askaris, aerial view of an Italian outpost, the fraternity between the Italian and their ascaris comrades, fire at Cacciamio, Ethiopian prisoners, Italian cemetery in an obscure location, Asmara markets, nearby village and camel caravan; playing soccer in Asmara, Italian doctor, much more. 111 photos in all, a few with captions. SOLD

Price: $1500.00

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Photo collection belonging to a Black Shirt soldier fighting in Ethiopia and based in Zuquala during mop-up operations in the Oromiya area in 1937. He left Naples aboard the “Umbrio” on Feruary 15, 1937 and was in Addis Abeba, Al Rancio and Adua before joining a machine gun unit in Zuquala, where he was engaged in mop-up operations. Many photos of individual identified comrades, nice photo of group posing under a sculpture of Mussolini, escorting a wounded prisoner off the field, rare photo of captured weapons in Addis Abeba on March 17, 1937; entrance to Forte Tevere, the fort at Zuquala, children of Zuquala referred to as “balilla” the term for “fascist youth”, Italian authorities with Coptic church leaders addressing locals in Zuquala, more. 48 photos, all captioned. MSOLD

Price: $500.00

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Homogeneous photo collection belonging to an Italian soldier named Sandro (shown in one photo), in 1937, in Ethiopia. Forest outside of Addis Abeba, receiving letters from home, local natives, General Graziani addressing troops, colonial troops giving the fascist salute (note their tarbouches on the ground), Ethiopian noble that went over to the Italians, on patrol, more. Mostly captioned but poorly. 18 photos. M

Price: $290.00

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