1935 Print Salt Caravan Ethiopia Danakil Desert Africa Euphorbia Landscape XGUA1 XGB9 This is an original 1930

This is an original 1930 color print ad for the Metropolitan Device Corporation located at 1250 Atlantic Avenue

This is an original 1931 Great Depression Era black and white print ad for Oakland 8 and the Pontiac 6 General Motors automobile line

"A sea fight-- Old Ironsides" This is an original 1927 print of a scene from James Cruze's Old Ironsides (1926) with Johnnie Walker as Lieutenant Stephen Decatur giving the order to begin the battle

Keywords specific to this image: Abu Ahmed

The ad has a nice photo of the beautiful singer Rise Stevens

1935 Print Salt Caravan Ethiopia Danakil Desert Africa Euphorbia Landscape XGUA1 XGB9 This is an original 1930This is an original 1935 black and white halftone print of a salt caravan in trading wares in the Danakil Desert region of Ethiopia, Africa. The salt came from deposits in French Somaliland and had to be transported inland. The salt was formed into cylinders that resembled sponges and were wrapped in palm leaves for transport. Because salt had to be carried from great distances into the Africa interior, it was used as currency in some inland regions.