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Title
A nickel mine on the crests of the massif of Tontouta
Creator
Charlemagne, Raymond
Date Created and/or Issued
1953
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
102 boulevard Arago - 75014 Paris, France
Défap - Service protestant de mission (Département évangélique français d’action apostolique)
http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/
http://www.defap-bibliotheque.fr/contact.html
Description
A nickel mine on the crests of the massif of Tontouta
Comment : Photograph taken during the journey of Rev. Marc Boegner in New Caledonia. The nickel is the mainstay of New Caledonia wealth. This ore was discovered by the engineer Jules Garnier in 1864 in the southwest of 'Grande Terre'.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : black-and-white positive, on paper, 9,5x14,5 cm
photographs
Identifier
IMP-DEFAP_NCPP139-12054_2.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-88070
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-DEFAP_NCPP139-12054_2.jpg
Subject
Mining
Landscape
Mountains
Aerial photography
Time Period
1953
Place
New Caledonia
Oceania
Source
SMEP/NC.PP.139-12054 [File]
Relation
Défap - Service protestant de mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Défap - Service protestant de mission, Paris, ca. 1880-1971

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