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| I was looking for an Ethiopian dollar bill (which I
didn't find) and ran across these
labels. The ticket was to
the 1956 African Gran Prix that was usually run between Massawa and Asmara but
we were told that it was dangerous and that GIs had won the last one or two so
they banned GIs and held it in Asmara. As I remember, there was a duel between
an old Alpha race car and a newer Ferrari. The Ferrari finally lapped the Alpha
and he dropped out. The race was sponsored by Shell. courtesy of Jerry Grover |
| Angie Thompson found this post card in her father's
(Henry Hughes) belongings. Henry served with the British Forces in Eritrea,
which she said would have been after the war as he was born in 1932. It's a
postcard of the famous road to Massawa. [Front | [Back] I contacted my friend Francesco DeLeonardis in Italy and he translated the Italian on the card. ERITREA - The highest point of the Massaua/Asmara road (2415 meters [above sea level]) Thanks Frank....Rick |
| Four old postcards in
Italian, featuring Asmara and Adi Ugri. courtesy of Rick Fortney |
| Coca-Cola bottle
cap courtesy of Dwight Gibson |
| Ethiopian calendar from
1967. courtesy of Chuck Moulton |
