Tananarive Vue Ouest

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Object Details

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: "Tananarive - Vue Ouest."

Translated caption reads: "Tananarive [: Antananarivo] - Western view."

Postmarked and stamped on recto: "Tananarive, Madagascar, 15 November 1904."

Original hand-written address on verso: "Monsieur L. Perrin. Est. Caisse Centrale 144 Fourg St. Denis Paris."

Original hand-written text on recto: " This is the famous palace of Ranavalo, today a historical museum. Andohalo Cathedral, a meeting palace of the beautiful ramatoas girls and some friends."

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e17dbdc3-37ae-461c-885b-90508c2a2c88

Local Numbers

EEPA MG-07-25

Place

Africa

Madagascar

Madagascar, -- Antananarivo province, -- Antananarivo (Tananarive)

Topic

Cultural landscapes

Cityscape photography

Cathedrals

Palaces

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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. 1904

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0344

Type

Archival materials

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.

Bibliography

Kreamer, Christine Mullen and Sarah Fee, eds. Objects as Envoys: Cloth, Imagery, and Diplomacy in Madagascar. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. 2002. p. 126.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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