cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2889
title: Missionary conference in Antsahamanitra, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1901

description: First row from left: Anna Bjertnes, Anna Ebbell, Anna Hafstad, Laura Erlandsen, David Egenaes, Anders Rustad, Anders Olsen. Second row from left:Thomas Joergensen, Johannes Einrem, Dagny Johnson, Anna Jakobsen, Valborg Anderssen, Bendix Ebbell, Joseph Nilsen, Mons Loenoe, Adolf Thunem, C. Fredrik Bjertnes, Hieronymus Erlandsen. Third row from left: Bernt Svendsen, Martin Meeg, Niels Wiig, Sigvardt Wetterstad, Thorkild Rosaas, David Jakobsen, Johannes Johnson, Johan Smith, Hans Smith, Nils Robertstad.; Better exposure on A13-612. Same group of people.; This Album, A13Ma was made by Johannes Einrem. It is one of the best we have in the NMS Archives. Under each image he tell both what paper has been used and the lens, Elgé 2.9. Johannes Einrem is known for all his book on mision. He is one of the best writers in Norway on this topic, mission litterature. He used photographs to memorize what to write. Album A13 starts with A13-489 and ends with A13-699, that is more than 200 images, many of them of great quality.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2075
title: River, Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: Along the riverside there are banana palm trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2919
title: Midonogy Mission Station's courtyard, Alvilde Einrem and her son together with friends on the steps , Midongy, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Mit abyssinske muldyr" ("My mule"). Alvilde Einrem is standing on the steps and her son is sitting. She was married to Johannes Einrem 1868-1956, a missionary in Madagascar from 1893-1933.  Her maiden name was Nygaard. Her parents names are Joergen Nygaard 1840-1893, a missionary in Madagascar from 1869-1893 and Hanne Nygaard 1844-1924.. Also named Midongy Ouest.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2860
title: Missionary conference,  Antsirabe, Madagascar, 1900

description: "Konferentsen paa Antsirabe. 1900" ("Conference in Antsirabe. 1900").; 1st row from left: Elisabeth Wilhelmsen, Anna Hafstad, Inger Nilsen, Anna Thunem, Anna Ebbell, Christiane Svendsen, Elisabeth Rosaas, Nikoline Smith, Bertha Jensenius. 2nd row from left: Martin Meeg, Martha Meeg, Marie Foereid, Laura Erlandsen, Valborg Anderssen, Amalie Njerve, Thomas Joergensen, Loenoe, Thunem, Lars Meling and O. Thesen. 3rd row from left: Bendix Ebbell, Ole Jensenius, Johannes Johnson, David Olaus Jakobsen, Josef Nilsen, Bernt Svendsen, Hieronymus Erlandsen, Hans Smith, Johan Smith, Johannes Einrem.  Back row from left: Anders Olsen, Thorkild Rosaas and Abel August Parrot.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3554
title: Imasoandro River,  Madagascar, 1901

description: "Imasoandro". A nice river valley.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2928
title: Midongy Mission Station, Midongy Andrefana, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Furu i haven paa Midongy" ("Pine trees in Midongy's garden"). Midongy Andrefana or Mmdiongy Ouest =Midongy West. Mission Station established in 1894 by Johannes Einrem, (1868-1956)
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4279
title: Congregation members,  West Coast, Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: Members of a congregation gathered outside. The vegetation indicates that it is on the West coast of Madagascar. Magdalene Pedersen worked at Morondva and Ambohibe 1907-1913
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1847
title: Ove Thesen together with four Malagasy medical students, Medical Mission Academy, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1895

description: "1895". Candidates from the Medical Mission Academy sitting around a table.  From the left: Imanoel, Raharijon, in the middle Ove Jakob Roll Thesen, a missionary in Madagascar 1889-1905, Johanesa and Ramboana.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2072
title: Anosy Lake, Ambatovinaky, Antananarivo, Madagascar,[s.d.]

description: NMS's Church up on the hill in the background to the left. There are many different types of houses in this area.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m315
title: Ambatovinaky. Mountain range from Amabtonakanga to the Queens Palace, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1885-1895

description: "Parti af Tananarive, Ambatovinaky"  ("Parts of Tananarive, Ambatovinaky"). From album entitled "Fra Madagaskar" page 1. The picture is taken from the Faravohitra hill overlooking some stonecutters in the foreground. Rice fields are seen in the Ambohijatovo valley. The memorial church of Ambatonakanga is seen to the right and the Lutheran church at Amabtovinaky in the middle. In the background is the hill Ambohijanahary.; Thomas Joergensen (1874-1957) served as a printer for the Norwegian Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1897 to 1945 in the capital Tananarive (Antananarivo). He is the creator of this album. - - He started in a building at Ambohijanahary before switching over to the former Lutheran Hospital at Andohalo in 1904. He worked as a printer for 50 years, only interrupted by furloughs in Norway. This album contains the images NMS-032 to NMS-069.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5842290
title: Marambio DMPS clean data

description: DMPS data inverted with Matlab
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4173
title: Missionary conference, Antsirabe, Madagascar, 1900

description: Missionary conference in Antsirabe 1912. First row from the left: Elisabeth Wilhelmsen, Anna Hafstad, Inger Nilsen, Anna Thunem, Anna Ebbell, Christiane Svendsen, Elisabeth Rosaas, Nikoline Smith, Bertha Jensenius. Second row from left: Martin Meeg, Martha Meeg, Marie Foereid, Laura Erlandsen, Valborg Anderssen, Amalie Njerve, Thomas Joergensen, Loenoe, Thunem, Lars Meling and Ove Jacob Thesen. Third row from left: Ebbell, Jensenius, Johannes Johnson, David Olaus Jakobsen, Josef Nilsen, Bernt Svendsen, Hieronymus Heyerdahl Erlandsen, Hans Smith, Johan Smith, Johannes Einrem. In the back from the left: Anders Olsen, Thorkild Rosaas and Abel August Parrot.; Album A05Ma is one of many albums in the NMS Archives, Stavanger. This album is large 24 X 34 cm. The owner has been Andreas Pedersen, 1877-1920. Not all the images in the album have been selected for this project.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5494514
title: Marambio DMPS clean data

description: DMPS data inverted with Matlab
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2035
title: Andranomadio Mission Hospital with many patients gathered in front, Antsirabe, Madagascar, ca.1904

description: Many of the patients are gathered in front of the hospital.The hospital was built around 1900.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2813
title: Ambohimasina Mission Station, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Ambohimasina station" ("Ambohimasina Mission Station").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2842
title: Ole Eilertsen's grave in Marseille, France, [s.d.]

description: "Eilertsens grav i Marseille" ("Eilertsen's grave in Marseille"). Ole Eilertsen was born on February 23, 1860.  He went to the School of Mission and Theology 1880-1886 and  was ordained in Stavanger, Norway on May 4, 1887. He was the manager of  Vangaindrano Mission Station from 1888-1894. Eilertsen died in Marseille on December 30, 1894 on his journey home.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2810
title: Missionary conference in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, 1903

description: "Konferentsen i Fianarantsoa 1903" ("Conference in Fianarantsoa 1903").  This is an extra conference, because of Lars Dahles visit. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1870-1887. He married Gabrielle Gustava (Ella) Svendsen 1848-1911.; Sitting in front on the steps:Johan Smith. First row from left:Parrot, Flygel, Thesen, Thomas Joergensen, H. Smith, Wetterstad, Rosaas, Borchgrevink and his wife, Lars Dahle, Elle, Thunem, Erlandsen, T.A.Thorbjoernsen. On the steps: Lindoe and his wife, Buchsenschutz, Christiane Svendsen, B.P.J. Svendsen, Niels Wiig, Moerland.  Next row: Amalie Njerve, Endrine Robertstad, Jensenius and his wife. Next row: L.Meling, N.O.P.Robertstad, Johanne M. Olsen, Marie Siqueland. In the back from left: John Stene, Rustad, A.Olsen.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3292
title: Girls from Antsahamanitra Girls' School in Ambatovinaky Church,  Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Asylpiger Tan." ("Girls from Antsahamanitra Girls' School, Tananarive").  Standing up to the right is Inga Valborg Anderssen. She was a missionary in Madagascar from 1882-1912. The original image is not quite sharp.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2902
title: Church, Betafo , Madagascar, 1900

description: "Fra Betafo" ("From Betafo"). On the picture we are able to see part of the city around the church. People gathering, all in white lamba costumes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2799
title: Antsahamanitra garden, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1902

description: "Fra haven paa Antsahamanitra" ("From the Antsahamanitra garden"). Standing to the right: Christian Borchgrevink, a missionary in Madagascar from 1869-1912. Beside him is his wife Johanne Christiane 1836-1924, her maiden name was Wang. Behind them: Valborg Anderssen, a missionary in Madagascar from 1882-1912 and Karen Dorothea Schaanning, a missionary in Madagascar from 1901-1940. Among them are children from the Girls' School.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2859
title: Marie Rasmussen and Amalie Njerve on their way home to Norway, Andafiatsimo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1900

description: "Frk. Njerve og frk. Rasmussen taget paa Andafiatsimo paa vei hjem" ("Miss Njerve and Miss Rasmussen on their way home"). Standing to the left: Amalie Njerve. She was  a teacher in Madagascar from 1889-1922. Sitting on the carrying chair :Marie Rasmussen.  She was a teacher in Madagascar from 1880-1900. She was sick on her travel back to Norway and died onboard the French steamship near Mayotte on June 24, 1900. Her grave is in Mayotte.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1874
title: Andohalo Hospital, Antananarivo, Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: The Anglican Church is the hospitals closest neighbor. The house behind the palms to the right was the doctors residence. When the hospital was moved to Ansirabe, Andohalo was used for the Norwegian Missionary Society's printing press from 1904 to 1951. After this Andohalo became a dormitory for Ecole Paul Minault. The house later collapsed in a heavy storm. Today (2003) SALFA has its headquarters here in a new four story building. See A02-127 and A13-600.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2870
title: Malagasy boys playing, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Gutte-sport "Hoeit til hest""("Boys playing- "High up on the horse""). Boys playing outside their home. There is a little boy sitting on a stick which two other boys have on their shoulders.; This Album. A04Ma, was made by Lars Gabrielsen Meling. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1888 -1928. He came out as a businessman. After three years of studying Theology he was ordained. He did a lot of different work during his long stay in Madagascar. This album A04 starts with A04-466 and ends with A04-488.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3555
title: Midongy Mission Station, Betsileo, Madagascar, 1901

description: "V.h. Midongy" ("Midongy Mission Station"). This place is high up on a very special hill that stands up from the surrounding plains. The town up there was hard to attack and easy to defend. Johannes Einrem worked from this station for a long period of time.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2892
title: Mania River north of Itremo, Madagascar, 1900

description: "Imania nord for Itremo" ("Imania north of Itremo").Made on azur blue paper.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2942
title: Ambato courtyard, Ambatofinandrahana, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Ambato gaardsplads" ("Ambato courtyard"). Julie Smith, maiden name Arnestad, married  Hans Wilhelm Dop Smith on June 5, 1896 in Oslo, Norway.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2908
title: Church interior, Ambato or Ambatofinandrahana, Madagascar, 1900

description: "Inter. af stationskirken Ambato" ("Ambato Church interior"). The complete name in Malagasy is Ambatofinandrahana. The church was built by Peder Eilert Nilsen Lund.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3932
title: Carl Fredrik Bjertnes standing between school buildings, Masinandraina, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Fra Masinandraina (Bjertnes)" ("From Masinandraina (Bjertnes)"). Carl Fredrik Bjertnes was a missionary in Madagascar from 1893-1927. He married Maren Sofie 1875-1896, maiden name Langballe, in Madagascar in 1895. She died in Fianarantsoa on May 21, 1896. He then married Anna Margrethe 1877-1957, maiden name Vig, in Antsirabe on December 23, 1897.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2846
title: Kings' and Queens' graves in Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: The graves were in the Rova, Manjakamiadana. The Kings' reign: Andrianampoinimerina, 1788-1810.  Radama 1, 1810-1828.  Radama 2, 1861-1863.  The Queens' reign: Ranavalona 1, 1828-1861. Rasoherina, 1863-1868. Ranavalona 2, 1868-1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3133
title: Queen's private home, Lapasoa, Rova, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Dronningens privatbolig Tan." ("The Queen's private house in Tananarive").  The house was built in 1866 for Queen Rasaherina. The plate to the left of the entrance door has written text on it. Beautiful building in wood, built in 1866
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2023
title: Military hospital in Soavinandriana, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Militaerhospitalet Soavinandriana ved Tananarive" ( "The military hospital in Soavinandriana, Tananarive"). This hospital was built by LMS around 1890. The Frenchmen took over the hospital as soon as they were in control. The hospital is still used now (2003), but it is uncertain how many houses remain on the area. There are rice fields in front of the hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3894
title: Boys' School seen from the street, Antsirabe, Madagascar,  1901

description: "Fra Sirabe" ("From Sirabe").  To the left:the Boys' School. In the middle background:the  tower.of the old School. The street is the first gravel street in Madagascar.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2815
title: Ranovelona The  Industrial school, Ambohimasina, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Ranovelona". Sschool for vocational training near Ambohimasina. Built for money given by the wahler Svend Foyn. Jens Jørgen Andersen 81820-1936) strted it in 1889.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3236
title: Analakely Square marketplace, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Loerdagstorvet, Tan." ("Marketplace on Saturday, Tananarive").  There are many stands and booths where different items are sold. Several houses in the area and the new stairway to the right. A little to the left is the LMS Church. Lots of the people are in "lamba" clothing.The marketplace got this area when the new stairways were built.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3073
title: Ramainandro Mission Station, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Arivonimamos kirkegaard" (Arivonimamos churchyard"). The original text is wrong according to Nils Kristian Hoimyr. This is a picture of Ramainandro Mission Station. See A13Ma/584 which shows the same grave and also in the background to the left the white cross. The church building is also the same as in the image A13/582.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2852
title: Masombahoaka Church interior, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: The Lutheran church at Masombahoaka is decorated with palm branches.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2831
title: Scene from Antananarivo city, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Parti af Tananarive med den norske kirke" ("Scene from Tananarive including the Norwegian church").  On the hill in the middle of the picture: Ambatovinaky Church, to the right the Prime Ministers residence and the Royal Palace.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1983
title: Women fishing in the Anosy lake, Mahamasina,  Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1890

description: These women are fishing  in the Anosy lake. It is a very swampy area. In the middle of the picture is the Prime Ministers residence. To the right up on the hill is the palace and to the left is the Catholic Cathedral. In front of the palace slightly to the left is a church where martyrs were thrown down the hillside and executed. See also IMPA 2455.; Johan B.Smith is the photographer of this picture.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2861
title: Johanne Sagbroen together with Malagasy nurses, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1897

description: "Frk. Sagbroen med sine sygepleiersker" ("Miss Sagbroen together with her nurses"). Johanne Sagbroen, a missionary in Madagascar from 1892-1899, worked at the hospital at Andohalo, Tananarive from 1892-1899.  She returned to Norway in 1899 for good.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2845
title: Royal Palace, Manjakamiadana, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: Royal Palace with French flag on top of the roof. There are stairs leading up to the palace entrance or gate. A rare image of the entrance.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3962
title: Mountain north east of Ambatofinandrahana, Madagascar, 1901

description: "N.oest for Ambato" ("North east of Ambato").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2948
title: French Protestant Church, Ambositra, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Den franske prot. kirke Ambositra" ("The French Protestant Church in Ambositra"). Mission protestante francaise, MPF is the name used in Madagascar for the the French mission in Paris : La Société des Missions évangéliques de Paris, founded in 1822.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m417
title: Ambohimanga, palace with an entrance portal, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Avara-drova (Indgang til slotsgaarden)"  ("Avara-drova (palace entrance)"). Entrance at the northern end of the palace. Ambohimanga, an old royal city in Madagascar.  Located ca.20 km north of Tananarive.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2006
title: Carrier walking on a bridge over a river in the forest on the road Toamasina - Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1890

description: The bridge is made of two tree trunks. The carrier is on his way to Tamatave. He is carrying baggage on a stick or a yoke over his shoulder. See also IMPA  497.  Johan Smith is the photographer of this picture.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2742
title: Women pounding rice, Midongy Ouest district, Betsileo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Fra Midongy" ("From Midongy"). There are some mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2879
title: Market place, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: Torvscene" ("Market place"). Men, women and children are at the market place hoping to sell their products such as cooked rice, fish and spades. Nearly all are wearing "lamba
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1880
title: School gathering, Ambatovinaky, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1892-1898

description: Students and teachers are gathered either right outside of Ambatovinaky Church or at Antsahamanitra Girls' School(?). Everyone is wearing lamba and some are wearing hats. In the group:Hans Rabeony,  Lisebeth Regine Aadnesdatter Godal, a missionary in Central Madagascar from 1890-1898.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2898
title: Mission Station seen from the garden, Antsirabe, Madagascar, 1900

description: "Rosaas's vaaningshus Sirabe" ("Rosaas's home at the Mission Station in Sirabe").   The large tree to the right is a good indicator on many other pictures from this place.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4249
title: Pastor Abela and Razafindrainibe's wedding, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1904

description: Among the wedding guests are: Abela, pastor Soavina (widower), Razafindrainibe, a teacher and earlier from Antsahamanitra Girls' School. She was the daughter of Rabeony's sister Agnes and Agne's husband, a teacher, Andreas, Ambato. --    First row from left: Johanne Borchgrevink 1836-1924, maiden name Wang. She married Christian Doederlein Borchgrevink in Tamatave on September 4, 1870, next the wedding couple, then Christian Doederlein Borchgrevink, a missionary in Madagascar from 1869-1912. Second row from left: Kristine Marie Elise Stafseth 1880-1968, a missionary in Madagascar from 1903-1947, Sigrid Rainivelo, Raliza, ? , Razafy (Mrs. H.Rabeony), Aagot Joergensen 1870-1957, maiden name Kjelseth and was a missionary in Madagascar from 1896-1907. She married Thomas Joergensen 1874-1957 in Tananarive on December 28, 1898. He was a missionary in Madagascar from 1897-1947,  ? , Karen Dorothea Schaanning 1874-1940, a missionary in Madagascar from 1901-1940, Hans Rabeony.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6748
title: Ambohipiantrana, a home for the leprous patients, Antsirabe, Madagascar, ca.1916

description: On the picture:  thirteen leprous patients.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3938
title: Two women catching grasshoppers in the Midongy Mission Station's garden, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Graeshoppefangst" ("Catching Locust").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2767
title: Hesselina de Groot together with students at Ambatovinaky School, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1902

description: "Elevene paa Ambatovinakyskolen" ("Students at Ambatovinaky School").  Hesselina de Groot 1870- ?, a missionary in Madagascar from 1901-1907, was supervisor for the school during this time. She returned home to France in 1907.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2778
title: Isoraka, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1898

description: "Isoraka". Lars Dahle, a missionary in Madagascar from 1870-1887. He was married to Gabrielle Gustava Svendsen 1848-1911. They lived here while Lars Dahle  was supervisor from 1877-1887.  After they moved, the treasurer for NMS lived here.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2012
title: French military headquarters "Etat Major" building in Andohalo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: The French military headquarters "Etat Major" building is built in a French colony style. The church we see is the Anglican Church.  The house behind is the Norwegian hospital that later became NMS's printing press.  There are fences and stone walls around on the area. In the foreground of the picture there is a well kept park with trees and grass.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2877
title: Andohalo Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Den gamle kabarplass - Andohalo er blit til park med musikkpaviljon" ("The old kabar place - Andohalo has become a park with a music pavilion").; The French protestant  Church,  "'Avaratr' Andohalo", in the middle. The Anglican church at  Ambohimanoro  to the upper-right.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3077
title: Andohalo Park, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Parti fra Tan."("Scene from Tananarive").. A typical French style park.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3960
title: Ambatomenaloha mountains, Madagascar, 1901

description: "I Ambatomenaloha-fjeldene" ("In the Ambatomenaloha mountains").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3058
title: Ambohibelama village, Madagascar, 1901

description: "Fra Ambohibelama" ("From Ambohibelama").Maybe Ambohibeloma is the right name.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3900
title: Ranovelona waterfall, Ambohimasina,  Madagascar, 1901

description: "Ranovelonafossen" ("Ranovelona waterfall"). See IMPA 3035..Also written as Andranovelona.; At this waterfall the Norwegian Mission build a handicraft school for men. It was sponsored by the famous whaler Svend Foyn in Norway. The School achieved a lot and many people got their training there.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1979
title: French colony monument, Place Colbert, Antananarivo, Madagascar, [s.d.]

description: This French monument was a visual sign of  the takeover of Madagascar. After 1960 this monument was replaced by another  one. The men whom are standing beside the monument in the park are wearing lamba. The Faravohotra ridge is in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1973
title: Ambohimanoro Cathedral,  Andohalo, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: This Anglican Church, the Ambohimanoro Cathedral, was built by a Norwegian  engineer Alfred Anker in the years 1882-1889. Notice that the road divides the church and the "Etat Major" building. The area around the church is a beautiful park and the Norwegian Mission's hospital is to the right.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2797
title: Missionaries and carriers taking a rest near Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

description: "Rast ved veien" ("Resting along the road").  This is possibly a group of missionaries and carriers travelling with luggage to a conference in Antsirabe in 1900.  Sitting in the middle wearing a tropical helmet:Thomas Joergensen, a missionary in Madagascar from1897-1947. He was married to Aagot Kjeldseth 1870-1957, a missionary in Madagascar from 1896-1907. They were married in Tananarive on December 28, 1898.  Standing in a black coat:Lars Meling, a missionary in Madagascar from 1888-1928.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1975
title: Street with cannons, the palace and the Catholic Cathedral in the background, Andohalo, Antananarivo,  Madagascar, ca.1900

description: This road was before used as the main road to the palace.  Older trees have been pruned.  The French built a new road and planted new trees. Along the street there are cannons.