Object Details
Creator
Goulamhoussen Charifou Fils (Diégo-Suarez)
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, "Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar) - The Church, on Sunday."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "G. Charifou fils - Déposé - Reprod. interdite."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Mademoiselle Barthès. 14 Rue de la Praternité Auxerre Youne."
Original hand-written text on recto, "Camp d'Ambre, 9 May 1920. I shall overlook the harshness of the coloring: typical of a Malagasy editor! But the poor church dress not proclaim the wealth of the colony! A cathedral was started in the vicinity - in the stone - but funds are often running out the camp's chapel has more character even though it is yet again built in wood. We attend mass there every wednesday and the first Sunday of the month. What strength I have found there in my bad days. The sight of the nuns fends off for a while the boredom of the exile: yet one of them is of the deepest black, another only lightly coloured, the third, the mother superior is white, a creole from Mauritius."
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Local Numbers
EEPA MG-46-01
See Also
Madagascar, Antsiranana province, Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez) (-12.2787, 49.29171)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Madagascar, -- Antsiranana province, -- Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez)
Topic
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
Religious buildings
Men
Children
Women
Creator
Goulamhoussen Charifou Fils (Diégo-Suarez)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., col., 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
ca. 1920
Container
Volume 2 MG
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-2115
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.
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Record ID
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