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Title
Group portrait of mission school students, Madagascar, ca. 1905
Creator
Unknown, possibly James or Sara Sharman
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
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
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom
Council for World Missions
University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library
docenquiry@soas.ac.uk
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Description
"Three boys from Mr Milledge's district who are being educated at the High School and who live in the Home. The two elder have already given themselves to Christ and offered themselves for Mission work in their own district. Mrs Sharman's article."
Mrs Sharman was the wife of James Sharman, who served the LMS in Madagascar 1892-1934. She worked with educating students wives, and supervising the Boys' Home, Tananarive. Anonymous print pasted on to numbered board, used by the London Missionary Society as visual resources for publications etc. Most images have limited hand written captions.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 11.7 x 16.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m332 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-SOA-CWM-13-10-008-002-2
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m332
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-SOA-CWM-13-10-008-002-2.jpg
Subject
Education
Indigenous populations
London Missionary Society
Sharman, Sara, 1860-1937
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Source
SOAS/CWM/LMS/MA/PHOTO/01/008/002/2 [File]
Relation
Council for World Mission/London Missionary Society
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Archives and Manuscripts Division, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, ca.1860-1950
School of Oriental and African Studies
impa-m971

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