INVENTORY OF VIEWS OF MADAGASCAR, ca. 1895
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INVENTORY OF VIEWS OF MADAGASCAR, ca. 1895
Accession no. 2002.R.38
Finding Aid prepared by Shilpa Rele
Getty Research Institute
Contact Information:
- Getty Research Institute
- Research Library
- Special Collections and Visual Resources
- 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
- Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
- Phone: (310) 440-7390
- Fax: (310) 440-7780
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- Processed by:
- Shilpa Rele
- Date Completed:
- March 2008
- Encoded by:
- Shilpa Rele
©2008 J. Paul Getty Trust
Descriptive Summary
Title: Views of Madagascar
Dates: ca.
1895
Collection Number: 2002.R.38
Extent:
50 photographs
(1 album)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
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.
Language: Collection
material is in French
Adminstrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Views of Madagascar, ca. 1895. Research Library, The Getty Research
Insititute, Accession no. 2002.R.38
Acquisition Information
Received in 2002.
Processing History
Processed by Shilpa Rele
Scope and Content of Collection
The album contains 50 photographic prints. They are taken from a
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 i.e.
waterfalls, lakes, clearings within forests and so on.
The album also includes several images of 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.
Album cover is red cloth. Photographs are gelatin silver printing-out
paper (p.o.p.) prints.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Bastille
Day—Madagascar
Indigenous
peoples—Madagascar—Social life and customs
Subjects - Places
France—Colonies—Africa
Madagascar—Colonization—19th century
Madagascar—Colonization
Madagascar—Description and
travel
Madagascar—History—French
Invasion, 1895
Genres and Forms of Material
Gelatin silver
prints—Madagascar—19th century
Photograph
albums—Madagascar—19th century
Photographs,
original
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)
