Photos and Postcards

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Homogenous collection of photos from the 1911 Italo-Turco war and its aftermath. Rare photo of Eritrean cavalry NCO’s posting with Libyan and Italian officers, inspecting Roman ruins, military transport, fraternising with locals, grounded ship, arab fantasia, mosque, brothel, Italian fort in Cirenaica, more. 44 photos, no captions. m

Price: $390.00

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Two studio photos of named Eritrea ascaris in Bengazi, 1921 and 1923. Also a studio photo of a Turkish colonel with a former Libyan deputy. m

Price: $120.00

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Two photos of Italian soldiers in Tripolitania in 1922. B

Price: $50.00

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Set of 8 postcards of Libyan females by Benedetto Meghidesc. All but one are of the same person. B

Price: $200.00

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Set of 6 photos on postcard stock of Libyan types. M

Price: $150.00

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Collection of photos of/by famed Italian fascist architect and Air Force Captain Angelo Reali. Includes a rare photo of him with Italo Balbo. 15 photos in all. M

Price: $400.00

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Homogenous collection of 105 photographs on postcard stock from the 1920’s. Rare photos of Italians in a boxing ring, local Libyans repairing buildings, Libyan gendarmes, nice photos of Italians with both Eritrean and Libyan troops, individual profiles of Italian soldiers that enable identification of their unit and rank, barbed wire field enclosures, Italian racetrack with Libyan horse racing, Italian forts and structures in the desert, maneuvers in the field, panoramas of Tripoli, and villages, more. No captions. M

Price: $1500.00

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Homogenous collection of 41 photographs on postcard stock dedicated to the subject of wounded Italian soldiers in a Palermo hospital. They are from different military units and all suffered wounds from fighting in the Italo-Libyan War. There is one of an Eritrean Ascari patient as well. Some photos contain the names of the soldiers. M

Price: $1200.00

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15 early 20th century photographic postcards on Libya types. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY

Price: $450.00

t-mph139MPH 139Photo album belonging to Ugo Brunori while in Libya, 1911-1912, with the 7th company of the 52nd Fantaria. Well captioned, showing names of other officers in the same unit. Serving water in the trenches, 149 mm canon, some spoof photos, Italian cemetery in an oasis, occupied Turkish cavalry station, distributing bread, several towns are mentioned, good photos of the fort at Ain-Zara, combat at Gargaresch, transporting mountain artillery, trenches at Sidi El Mensdri, after a mine explosion, Conte Amari – colonel commanding the 52nd Fanteria and later promoted to Major General, men of the 44th Fanteria, with Bedouins, photo of Ugo Brunori, installation of a Marconi wireless, former Turkish hospital now used by the Italians, streets of Tripoli, barracks of the 2nd Battalion, Eritrean ascaris battalion, rare photo of Eritrean Camel Corps, return of a reconnaissance unit, redoubt “Lombardia”, monument to the fallen at Ain-Zara, trenches at Bu Meliana, destroyed mosque at Gargaresch, casa “Gemal Bey” destroyed by artillery, more. 95 photos, all captioned, nice artwork at front. M

Price: $1200.00

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