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S. O. Madagascar - Scènes de la vie Malgache Salon de Coiffure

African Art Museum

S. O. Madagascar - Scènes de la vie Malgache Salon de Coiffure
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Object Details

Creator

Richard
Comptoir Photographique G Bodemer (Majunga)

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Original caption reads, "S. O. Madagascar - Scenes of Malagasy Life - Hair Dressing Salon." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, 25 March 1910."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Comptoir Photographique G Bodemer - Majunga. / Cliché Richard."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Melle Ernestine Adenet. 142 Faubourg St. Antoine Paris France."
Original hand-written text on recto, "20 March 1910. Hurt wrist aside, it is in good health."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref5615

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7fb8cc584-0eb8-4f3e-a0f4-d2051217e25b

Local Numbers

EEPA MG-05-15

Exhibitions Note

"The Field's Edge: Agency, Body and African Lens," held by the Contemporary Art Museum at the University of South Florida, 2002-2003.

Local Note

temp 117

Place

Africa
Madagascar

Topic

Body arts
Hairstyles -- Africa
Portrait photography -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Body marking -- Africa
Women

Creator

Richard
Comptoir Photographique G Bodemer (Majunga)

Culture

Malagasy people

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Date

ca. 1910

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0314

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_ref5615
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7fb8cc584-0eb8-4f3e-a0f4-d2051217e25b
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088163-4

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