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Shipment of thalers, Dire Dawa

Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Postcard from circa 1908-1910 showing crates of Maria Theresa thalers being prepared for shipment by donkeys from Dire Dawa to nearby Harrar, capital of the Ethiopian province of the same name. The thalers, most likely had been shipped from Europe to Djibouti and thence by rail to Dire Dawa, the terminus of the Franco-Ethiopian Railway at the time.
Postcard from circa 1908-1910 showing crates of Maria Theresa thalers being prepared for shipment by donkeys from Dire Dawa to nearby Harrar, capital of the Ethiopian province of the same name. The thalers, most likely had been shipped from Europe to Djibouti and thence by rail to Dire Dawa, the terminus of the Franco-Ethiopian Railway at the time.J.G. Mody — Delcampe.net — Wikimedia Commons: Shipment of thalers, Dire Dawa.jpg
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Date of image
between 1908 and 1910
Creator
J.G. Mody
Place
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Type
Postcard

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