Photo Collections

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Three Luce photos of Italian troops entering Macalle, one of which shows the Bersaglieri, which is rare. A third photo shows the residence of Ras Gugsa. Three Luce photos of activity at Adigrat. Shows Italians pursuing fleeing Abyssinians, headquarters of the former Italian consulate and truck convoy. B

Price: $240.00

Note: Gugsa was a traitor and collaborated with the Italians, who bestowed on him the title “Ras”. Shortly thereafter his home, shown above, was burned by Ethiopian patriots.

ETH 302

12 original photos of senior Italian officers and the Governor of Eritrea (Zoli) participating in a military fantasia in Asmara, c1928. Rare. B

Price: $500.00

ETH 299

Four photos taken by a soldier at from October 1937 to January 1938. Shown are the rail stations at Gora and Messo (rare), local market and indigenous quarter at Dire Daua. All captioned on reverse. B

Price: $100.00

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Homogeneous collection of 54 large format photos of Ethiopian scenes and types taken in 1939. B

Price: $1080.00

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ETH 296

Rare photos of Ethiopian troops (mustered in Sudan) entering Addis Ababa after the Italians were defeated in May, 1941. SOLD

Price: $40.00

ETH 295

1929 photo collection of an Italian engineer engaged in port works in Eritrea. 9 photos, some captioned. SOLD

Price: $250.00

ETH 294

Collection of 13 photos by S. Buffo, on postcard stock, of life in Asmara and surrounding areas during the colonial period. B

Price: $300.00

ETH 293

Rare June 6, 1937 photo of Guglielmo Nasi, Governor of Harar from 1936-1939. B

Price: $50.00

ETH 291

Two captioned photos. One of a view from Mussolini Pass and the other, Amba Alagi, the site of the surrender of the Duca D’Aosta in 1941. B

Price: $50.00

ETH 290

Four photos from a soldier writing from Mai Habar, November 20-21, 1938. The subject is the mausoleum erected to the dead of the “3 Gennaio” Blackshirt Division. This mausoleum has since been removed. SOLD

Price: $150.00