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Title
Outdoor portrait of a person carried in a sedan chair, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, 1920-10-26
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1920-10-26
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ .
post@vid.no
Description
"Pastor Gundersen" is being carried by filanjana, a traditional Malagasy palanquin. Gunder Henrik Anton Severin Gundersen (b. 1848) served as ordained pastor in the Lutheran Church in Norway. Alongside his ministry he was engaged in the work of the Norwegian Mission Society in Norway and visited Madagascar in 1920-1921.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 8.6 x 13.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m5113 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A09-1121
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5113
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A09-1121.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Indigenous populations
Norwegian Missionary Society
Group portraits
Carrier
Parasol
Time Period
1920-10-26
Place
Africa
Fianarantsoa
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A09Ma/1121 [File]
Relation
A09Ma by Schaanning, Karen Dorothea, 1874-1940
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
Photographs of the Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, ca.1870-1950
impa-m559

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