SML 111
SML 111
17 photos by an Italian soldier based in Mogadishu in May, 1936. Shown are a military camp in the hinterland, local natives, Italians with local children, local nobility, rare photo of dubats on a barge, local architecture, etc. M
Price: $300.00
SML 110
SML 110
Six large forma photos of Italian Somaliland. Shown are a parade of locals before the authorities, a military parade of children in uniform and black shirts, sports training for Italian children against a backdrop of native huts, the Governor addressing the people (note the unusual ascari uniforms), fascist monument in Mogadishu. M
Price: $350.00
SML 109
Three letters from Italians serving in Italiana Somalia, dated 1920. One appears to be incomplete. M
Price: $100.00
SML 108
Italian childrens cut out of Meharisti and Zaptie from Somaliland. 19x29cm. Rare. M
Price: $90.00
SML 107
Interesting photograph on postcard stock of a celebration in either Somaliland or Djibouti before a group of Middle East dignitaries. Note the maxim machine gun in the foreground. B
Price: $60.00
SML 106
6 Italian colonial period cigarette cards on Italian Somaliland. B
Price: $180.00
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.
SML 102
SML 102
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 101
1899 cover illustration titled Moumousse, Reine Ephemere des Somalis. B
Price: $10.00
SML 100
Group of 4 letters from a colonist in Brava from 1911-1932. 32 pages in all. M
Price: $1250.00