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Motorcade Dire Dawa train station 1930s

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Official motorcade leaving Dire Dawa's train station, possibly during the Italian occupation. For Ethiopia, the Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa-Djibouti railway line remained a vital link with the outside world, and virtually the only one before the Italian conquest. Contemporary postcard printed by the French Catholic mission printing press, Dire Dawa, mid to late 1930s.
Official motorcade leaving Dire Dawa's train station, possibly during the Italian occupation. For Ethiopia, the Addis Ababa-Dire Dawa-Djibouti railway line remained a vital link with the outside world, and virtually the only one before the Italian conquest. Contemporary postcard printed by the French Catholic mission printing press, Dire Dawa, mid to late 1930s.D. Baudry, Dire Dawa Catholic mission printing press, late 1930s — eBay.fr — Wikimedia Commons: Motorcade Dire Dawa train station 1930s.jpg
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Date of image
between 1935 and 1940
Creator
D. Baudry, Dire Dawa Catholic mission printing press, late 1930s
Place
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Type
Postcard

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