Image / Studio portrait of Malagasy pastor, ?Rajaelelina , Madagascar, ca. 1930

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Title: Studio portrait of Malagasy pastor, ?Rajaelelina , Madagascar, ca. 1930
Creator: Ramilijaona 1887-1948
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1930
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
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Description: Studio portrait of Malagasy pastor by commercial photographer. Malagasy text hand written on reverse, possibly a dedication to Rev Huckett.
Part of small set of mounted images. Ramilijaona was a photographer, politician and writer. He began taking photographs in 1894 and eventually ran one of the island's largest studios. He was awarded medals for his photography in Antwerp in 1930 and Paris in 1931.
Type: image
Format: gelatin silver prints, 14.3 x 9.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier: impa-m371 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-SOA-CWM-13-10-018-006
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m371
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-SOA-CWM-13-10-018-006.jpg
Subject: Haile, John Henry, 1861-1939
London Missionary Society
Indigenous populations
Clergy
Fashion
Group portraits
Time Period: circa 1930
Place: Africa
Madagascar
Source: SOAS/CWM/LMS/MA/PHOTO/01/018/006 [File]

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