Object Details
Creator
Collection M. T.
Phototypie Guende (Marseille)
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Picture postcard printed by Ateliers de Photoypie Guende, Marseille, France.
Original caption reads, "Madagascar - Tananarive. Planting of Rice."
Original hand-written text on verso, "My dear Jeanne. How are you doing? We make do with watching the rain fall, it has been like this for 5 weeks. They changed the weather of our South. The... no longer gets out or makes any noise, takes his umbrella, he is quite capable of loosing his (southern sunny) accent. In any case, the admiral takes his command post on the 5th and by the 10th or 15th off with galley to distant parts... I am going to get bored like a poisoned rat I will I believe do some escapade in Marseille and hope that Louis will come join me and buck up his Pierrot's face. My kids are behaving and Andrée studies well. I do like them send you kisses with all my heart."
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Local Numbers
EEPA MG-01-01
See Also
Madagascar, Antananarivo province, Antananarivo (Tananarive) (-18.91368, 47.53613)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Madagascar, -- Antananarivo province, -- Antananarivo (Tananarive)
Topic
Agriculture -- Africa
Rice
Planting
Creator
Collection M. T.
Phototypie Guende (Marseille)
Culture
Merina (Malagasy people)
See more items in
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
Extent
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
ca. 1905
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0300
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Picture postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref5602
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EEPA
Record ID
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