Madagascar - Dans les Bararatra
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA MG-24-08
- Local Note
- temp 197
- Place
- Africa
- Madagascar
- Topic
- Transportation
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1913
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0448
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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
- Scope and Contents
- Original caption reads, "Madagascar -In the Bararatra." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tananarive, Madagascar, 19[??]."
- Original hand-written text on recto, "Mr Charles. thank you for the news which has been given to me by the captain. I think that for the general the trip to Menton will have done good for him and thtat Mrs Chovet will have some fun in the house during this absence. My health is always very good. The Captain comes almost every day to chat with me in th stables. We have had holidays. They ended in a bloodshed infantry men and holimans. The progress which is spreading in the island is really great. I believe civilization turns these people into thieves, murderers... Please receive a cordial handshake."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088186-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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