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Title
Road along a huge tree, at Alakamisy, Betsileo, Madagascar, ca. 1899
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1899
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
"Veien ved Alakamisy, nord for Fianarantsoa. Erindringer fra julen 1899 fra Bj's" ("The road at Alakamisy, north of Fianarantsoa. Memories of Christmas 1899 from Bj's"). The tree is most likely a fig tree ("aviavy" in Malagasy). Tamarinds ("kily" in Malagasy) are common on the west coast, not in the highlands.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 11.2 x 15.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m6116 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A11c-1285
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6116
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A11c-1285.jpg
Subject
Roads
Landscapes
Trees
Time Period
circa 1899
Place
Africa
Betsileo
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A11cMa/1285 [File]
Relation
A11cMa by Parrot, Abel Auguste, 1879-1961
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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