View from the train between Asmara to Massawa


Title

View from the train between Asmara to Massawa

Date Issued

1959

Description

Asmara is situated in the highlands and the descent to Massawa, a port on the Red Sea, is very steep. The original slide was taken during a three-week visit to Ethiopia and Eritrea undertaken during Elliott Forsyth’s study leave in 1959, from the University of Adelaide. Elliott used the images in the collection extensively for lectures on "Ethiopia: the Land of Prester John"

Subject

Cattle
Rivers

Medium

slide

Extent

1 slide : col., 5 x 5 cm

Rights

Copyright E. C. Forsyth

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https://repository.erc.monash.edu/files/upload/Data-Collections/Elliott-Forsyth/eth-136.jpg

Citation

Forsyth, Elliott Christopher and Forsyth, Elliott Christopher (photographer), “View from the train between Asmara to Massawa,” Monash Collections Online, accessed November 30, 2023, https://repository.erc.monash.edu/items/show/34730.

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