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Title
Church for the leprous in Bekoaka, Morondava, Madagascar, ca.1935
Creator
Fagereng, Edvin
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1935
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
"Devant l'ancienne église abimée par les inondations et remplacée maintenant par une plus grand et plus belle" ("The old church was destroyed by a flood, but was replaced by a much more beautiful church").The area had around 40-50 leprous at this time.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 8.5 x 11.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9029 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A155-2034
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9029
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A155-2034.jpg
Subject
Norwegian Missionary Society
Religious buildings
Indigenous populations
Leprosy
Topographical views
Patients
Time Period
circa 1935
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Morondava
Source
NMS/Photo/A155Ma/2034 [File]
Relation
A155Ma by Fagereng, Edvin Kristian Herbert, 1898-1993
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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