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Title
Church for the leprous in Ambohipiantrana, Antsirabe, Madagascar, ca.1900
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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
This church is the second church at the place , built in 1900--1902. Thorhild Rosaas was the founder of the home for the leprous in Ambohipiantrana 1887 and managed it until 1907. The leprous home was used until 1916 when they moved from Ambohipiantrana to Mangarano.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 5.9 x 8.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m4571 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-A07-894
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m4571
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-A07-894.jpg
Subject
Norwegian Missionary Society
Religious buildings
Leprosy
Roads
Exterior views
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Africa
Antsirabe
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/A07Ma/894 [File]
Relation
A07Ma by Jensenius, Ole, 1867-1940
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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