Photo Collections
Large homogenous collection of photo snaps taken by a Blackshirt officer in Ethiopia. He was partial to the local population and he took mostly photos of local life, at both ends of the economic spectrum; interesting photo of the headquarters of the Gondrand transport company (a company made famous by a massacre by Ethiopian rebels); numerous photos of street scenes in Addis Abeba, including the obelisk; numerous marked graves are shown; fascist monuments; ascaris in formation during an important military ceremony; rare photos of an Eritrean Company of Red Cross workers; view of Amba Alagi (the last hold-out of Italian troops in WW2); Menelik statue in Addis Abeba; troop transports; rare photo of Eritrean boys scouts marching and giving the fascist salute; photo of Ethiopian noble aligned with the Italians; officers with Eritrean NCO’s; numerous photos of individual soldiers; soldiers with local women; dead Ethiopian rebel, awarding medals to ascaris; rare photo of elite Eritrean guards, hunting and killing rebels in the field; rare photo of Ascari cavalry; local banda (gang); friendship with local children; local noble; much more. 321 snaps, no captions, 4 Agfa photo boxes. B
Price: $1700.00
Rare photo of Eritrean football champ Zoli, receiving an award for his teams victory October, 1945 at Cicero field.
Price: $70.00
Note from Wikipedia: Cicero stadium was built in 1938 during the Italian occupation by the Italian businessman Francesco Cicero. It was later used by the GS Asmara, the team winner of the first football championships in Eritrea with the Asmara-born Luciano Vassalo.
27 photos taken by an Italian officer in Asmara during an important military ceremony on November 11. The governor is awarding a medal to a number of local nobles; rare photo of Ascari cavalry during the event; Ascaris and governor marching before the crowd; local noble kissing the foot of the governor; arrival at Addis Abeba on July 9, 1936; the Duca d’Acona and Viceroy Graziani inaugurating a building with the local bishop in Addis Abeba. Most photos captioned on reverse but difficult to read in some cases and photos were removed from a photo album. B
Price: $780.00
