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Title
Antsahamanitra Girls' School, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1894
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1894
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
"Antsahamanitra pigeasyl" ("Antsahamanitra Girls' School"). The girls and their teachers in the garden outside a small house, kitchen?
This school was established in 1872 by Johanna Borchgrevink and supervised by her until 1912. Hundreds of Malagasy girls were taken care of and given education during this long period. From the left: teacher Valborg Andersen 1851-1935, Johanna Borchgrevink 1836-1924, Christian Borchgrevink 1841-1919 and sitting to the right: teacher Martha Sellaeg 1860-1921, who later married Moerland.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints 10 x 15.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m1025 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A01-059
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1025
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A01-059.jpg
Subject
Norwegian Missionary Society
Borchgrevink, Johanna, 1836-1924
Students
Missionary work
Education
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1894
Place
Africa
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A01Ma/059 [File]
Relation
A01Ma by Joergensen, Thomas, 1874-1957
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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