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Title
A womens group gathered outside, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, 1906-1910
Creator
Ole Jensenius
Date Created and/or Issued
1906/1910
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/ .
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Description
A womens group with many women gathered outside. They are sitting on mats and doing different types of needlework. One woman is using a sewing machine. -- Standing to the right under the tree is Emma Andersen, a missionary in Madagascar from 1915-1920. She is the daughter to H.M.Andersen a Norwegian that came to Madagascar in 1872 by the ship "Agnes". -- Bertha Johanne, maiden name Nielssen, married Ole Jensenius 1867-1940, in Tamatave, Madagascar in 1894. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1892-1918. Emma and her sister Agnes lived in Norway later on.Their youger sister Hansine married a greek man and stayed in Mdagascar all her life.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 11.9 x 17.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m4675 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A07-924
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m4675
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A07-924.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Norwegian Missionary Society
Jensenius, Bertha Johanne, 1870-1935
Andersen, Emma, 1892-(?)
Group portraits
Sewing machines
Time Period
1906/1910
Place
Africa
Fianarantsoa
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A07Ma/924 [File]
Relation
A07Ma by Jensenius, Ole, 1867-1940
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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