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Title
Missionaries onboard a passenger boat, Mahajanga, Madagascar, 1928
Creator
Fagereng, Edvin
Date Created and/or Issued
1928
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
"M. Berg, Mlle Kolnes (maintenant Mme Ringstad), Mlle Killie M. et Mme Helle à leur arrivée à Majunga 1928" ("Mr. Berg, Miss Kolnes (married Mrs. Ringstad), Miss Killie, Mr. and Mrs. Helle at their arrival to Majunga 1928"). Selma Kolnes is sister to Racin Kolnes. They are all wearing tropical helmets. -- Magne Birger Berg was a missionary in Madagascar from 1928-1951. He married Anna 1912-1990, maiden name Oekland, in Tananarive, Madagascar on December 1, 1931. Nils Helle was a missionary in Madagascar from 1928-1948. He married Margit, 1905-2000, maiden name Nome, in Paris, France on April 2, 1928. Selma Marie Kolnes was a missionary in Madagascar from 1928-1948. She married Sivert Anderson Ringstad, 1889-1970, a missionary in Madagascar from 1920-1948, in Antsirabe, Madagascar on May 27, 1932.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 6.8 x 10.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m9038 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A155-2044
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m9038
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A155-2044.jpg
Subject
Norwegian Missionary Society
Berg, Magne Birger, 1898-1967
Helle, Nils, 1901-1960
Kolnes, Selma, 1899-1951
Group portraits
Helmets
Time Period
1928
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Majunga (Mahajanga)
Source
NMS/Photo/A155Ma/2044 [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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