Finding Aid for Views of Madagascar, ca. 1895 2002.R.38
Shilpa Rele.
Special Collections
2008
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Views of Madagascar
Identifier/Call Number: 2002.R.38
Physical Description: 50 photographs(1 album)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1895
Abstract: The album contains 50 photographic prints by an anonymous photographer. The photographs depict the indigenous peoples of Madagascar
and their surroundings from a French colonial perspective.
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Language of Material: French.
Scope and Content of Collection
The album contains 50 gelatin silver printing-out paper (p.o.p.) photographs. They are taken from a French colonial perspective.
They capture social life and customs, public gatherings, and oratory or Kabary traditions.There are portraits of women belonging
to different tribes, showing their hairstyles and different types of dress. Numerous photographs also capture the natural
beauty of the island such as waterfalls, lakes, and clearings within forests.
The album also includes several images depicting the French colonial or military presence. Two photographs capture French
public celebrations of Bastille Day (July 14th). There are also photographs of a harbor and large ships which attest to the
French military presence in Madagascar.
Handwritten captions appear on the album page below each photograph and are transcribed as they appear. Cataloger's notes
are in brackets.
The album cover is red cloth.
Processing History
Processed by Shilpa Rele.
Acquisition Information
Received in 2002.
Preferred Citation
Views of Madagascar, ca. 1895. Research Library, The Getty Research Insititute, Accession no. 2002.R.38
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2002r38
Publication Rights
Access
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photograph albums -- Madagascar -- 19th century
Photographs, Original
Gelatin silver prints -- Madagascar -- 19th century
Madagascar -- History -- French Invasion, 1895
Madagascar -- Description and travel
Madagascar -- Colonization
Madagascar -- Colonization -- 19th century
France -- Colonies -- Africa
Indigenous peoples -- Madagascar -- Social life and customs
Bastille Day -- Madagascar
box 1, item 1
Type de femme Betsimisaraka
box 1, item 2
Militaires indigens et leurs familles (Betsilio)
box 1, item 3
Passe etrade de Cap Diego. Vue prisé du Cap
box 1, item 4
14 Juillet, rejouissances publiques
box 1, item 5
Anl[?]anabarbe, Flore de riviere
box 1, item 6
Malle de france, (Melbourne) en rade de Diego
box 1, item 7
Artisbese, Village Malgache, type de cases
box 1, item 9
14 Juillet Kabary de femmes Malgaches
box 1, item 10
Type de femme de Ste. Marie
box 1, item 11
Anl[?]anabarbe, femme portant l'eau o/. la tête
box 1, item 12
Type de femme bourjane de Tananarive
box 1, item 14
Type de femme [Belialimena?] (Tamatave)
box 1, item 15
Forêt d'ambre – Grande Cascade 76 m/d de haut
box 1, item 17
Types de femmes de tirailleurs
box 1, item 22
Cascade du mont de N[?]esse (30 metres de haut)
box 1, item 23
Forêt d'Ambre – Grand lac
box 1, item 26
Types d'enfants – Ste. Marie
box 1, item 27
Militaires indigiens – apres le travail - Repos
box 1, item 29
Dans la forêt – Reservoir d'eau
box 1, item 30
Types de femmes Antaukara
box 1, item 31
Dans la forêt – [Padres?]
box 1, item 32
Forêt d'Ambre – Petit lac
box 1, item 36
Type de femme du nord de l'Ile
box 1, item 37
Passage d'une riviere par des bourjanes
box 1, item 39
Type de femmes Malgache Diego Suarez
box 1, item 40
Type de coiffure Malgache
box 1, item 42
Kabary dans un village à l'arrivée du chef de District
box 1, item 43
Forêt d'Ambre – Lac Maudit
box 1, item 45
Malgache se [suivrant?] à ses ablutions
box 1, item 49
Exploitation [forestier?]
box 1, item 50
Cascade du Sa[karamy] Kel (10 mètres)
