Historically Significant Collection of 34 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken during a Survey Travel Prior to the Construction of the First Ethiopian Railway from Djibouti to Addis Ababa, with Scenes of Dirt Road Travel on a Truck, Crossing Rivers, Views of Expedition Camps in Hurso and Mulu, a Market in Tadecha Malka on the Germama River, Addis Ababa, Catholic Mission in Dire Dawa, Portraits of French Expedition Members, Advisor to Emperor Menelik II Armand Savouré and His Family, Ethiopian Women and Children, &c. Ca. 1911-1912.
Interesting Extensive Collection of 223 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken during a Mining Survey Expedition in Italian East Africa in the 1930s, Showing the Party Members Posing next to Various Geological Formations, Rock and Ore Samples, Africans Performing Artisanal Gold Panning, the Obelisk of Axum, Two Ethiopian Megalithic Stellae, Local Villages and People, Mountains and Valleys, Roads, Bridges, &c. Ca. late 1930s.
Roussel, L. Historically Significant Album with 104 Original Vernacular Photographs Taken by a French Member of La Ligue des droits de l’Homme in pre-colonial Dire Dawa (Ethiopia), Showing Portraits of Locals in Traditional Attire Carrying Goods, Posing for the Camera, Browsing through Busy Markets, Riding Camels, etc.; City Views (the Dire Dawa Train Station & Locomotive, St. Michael Church, Dire Dawa Palace, the Zoo, a Café), and Group Portraits of the Compiler and his Associates; also with the Photos of Djibouti (then in French Somaliland), Documenting Street Scenes, Notable Landmarks, and Local Inhabitants. Ca. 1929-1935.