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Title
Congregation gathered outside the church in Befandriana, Morombe, Madagascar, 1925(?)
Creator
Fagereng, Edvin
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
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
"Eglise de Befandriana construite par M.Haaland en 1921-1922, en briques crues, abimée par les pluiesen 1925-26. Les deuz tours furent d'démolies. Une église en maconnerie la remplace actuellement" ("The church in Befandriana was built by M.Haaland in 1921-1922, using local bricks, destroyed by the rain 1925-26. The two church towers were destroyed. The church is now rebuilt using other bricks"). The new church roof which was made of corrugated iron was in some places torn off by the cyclone in 1979.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 7.7 x 11.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m7691 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A155-1949
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m7691
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A155-1949.jpg
Subject
Norwegian Missionary Society
Religious communities
Religious buildings
Missionary work
Exterior views
Church towers
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A155Ma/1949 [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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