The Awash Buffet

Two old post cards showing the Kevorkoff Store, build by the Armenian merchant Madig Kevorkoff in 1930, by which is a historical landmark of the old city centre Piassa in Addis Ababa.

A 1950s post card of the Abuna Petros Square close to the old city centre of Addis Ababa in Arada/Piassa

Two additional postcards from the late 1950s/early 1960s showing presenting two different perspectives on the same area around the intersection of Dejazmatch-Jote-Street and Cunningham Street.

Four postcards, the first from late 1940s or early 1950s and the three other from late 1950s or early 1960s. All four postcards show the same perspective: from Dejazmatch-Jote-Street towards Cunningham Street.

Colorized postcards from the 1950s, depicting shops at Place Menelik in the center of the old city of Djibouti. The photos were obviously taken on the same day from different angles. The small truck can be seen on all three photos.

Place Menelik lies in the center of the old town of Djibouti City. A postcard from  late 1960s, pre-independent period, showing two French classic cars.

A side street in the old town of Djibouti

The port of Djibouti in the 1960s.

A classic mid 20th century hotel in downtown Addis Ababa.

An old post card showing the center of the port city of Massawa from the air!

An 1960s postcard depicting the center of the Eritrean port city Massawa

Postcard showing the old port town Tadjourah in the north of Djibouti, also called “La Blanche” (The White One)

A postcard from the late 1970s or early 1980s. The shop in the background is አያለው ሙዚቃ ቤት “Ayalew Music Shop”

(Source: Facebook Group Historical Photos from the Horn of Africa)

The building in the background is the Institute of Language Studies in the campus of the university.