Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Tananarive Vue Ouest
ca. 1904
Africa; Madagascar; Madagascar, -- Antananarivo province, -- Antananarivo (Tananarive)
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
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.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1904
- Recorded places
- Africa; Madagascar; Madagascar, -- Antananarivo province, -- Antananarivo (Tananarive)
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes; Cityscape photography; Cathedrals; Palaces
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0344
Collection: African Postcard Collection