Search the Photo Album
The
collection includes 498 photo album, indexed by country,
from 1913 to the 80's, for a grand total of 64.336
pictures.
The main part of the collection has been collected during
the 20's and the 30's. Some geographical names have been
changed with their corresponding today's denominations.
Thus, for example, the albums from A.O.I. (Africa
Orientale Italiana, Italian East Africa) have been
catalogued under Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. Other
names have sometimes been left unchanged, so for Zimbabwe
you should also look for Rhodesia, for Congo Zaire and so
on.
The search keywords (free text) are in Italian, as all
the information in the archive are in Italian.
A special authorization is required to access the photo
archives at IAO's headquarter in Florence: click here to download a copy of the application form.
