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Title
Ambatovinaky with the Lutheran Church and school, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1875
Creator
Hildebrand(?)
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1875
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
"NMS Den nordvestlige Del af Antananarivo med den norske Missions Kirke og Skolehus" ("NMS the northwestern part of Antananarivo with the Norwegian Mission Church and school building"). Somebody has also printed this text to the image: -- "Vaar nye kirke og skolehus, Ambatovinaky. Oeverst til venstre mellom traerne skimtes London- misjonens trykkeri paa Imarivolanitra" (Our new Church and school building, Ambatovinaky. Up to the left between the trees we can see the Printing press House of the London Mission at Imarivolanitra").
There are still old woodhouses to be seen in the picture. A similar image is printed as a xylograph in "Norsk Missions Tidende" 1979 page 457. -- The church was inaguarated in 1875. It was build by T. Rosaas and J. Engh
Type
image
Format
photographic prints. 18.8 x 27.8cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m2411 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-NMS-5967-006
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2411
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-NMS-5967-006.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Houses
Norwegian Missionary Society
Topographical views
Churches
Schools
Time Period
circa 1875
Place
Africa
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Source
NMS/Photo/Tvn5967/006 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University
Photographs back to Madagascar
Photographs of the Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway, ca.1870-1950
impa-m559

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