Somaliland / Djibouti

SML 104

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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Photo of a parade in honour of Giuseppe Brusasca in Mogadishu, June 14, 1950. M

Price: $15.00

Note: Giuseppe Brusasca (1900-1994) was appointed the undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Africa in 1951 and responsible for Somalilands transition to independence.

SML 087

Rare photo of a visit of Italian royalty (Velcovo?) to Mogadishu. m

Price: $30.00

SML 085

38 photo postcards of native life in colonial Somalia. B

Price: $850.00

SML 085

SML 084

Set of 18 photo postcards of Somalia Italiana by the Commissione di Cultura e Propaganda. B

Price: $450.00

SML 084

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8 postcards of Djibouti female types. B

Price: $200.00

SML 081SML 081

Rare archive from the Italian administration in Somalia Italiana concerning the activity of Dervishes in the Balad Zone in April 1910. This relates to the activities of the “Mad Mullah”. M UNAVAILABLE

Price: $1400.00