cover image: Ambohipiantrana, a home for leprous patients, Antsirabe, Madagascar, ca.1900

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Ambohipiantrana, a home for leprous patients, Antsirabe, Madagascar, ca.1900

"Spedalske udenfor sin by. Pastor Rosaas og s.Sina til venstre" ("Leprous outside their area. Pastor Rosaas and nurse Sina to the left"). Ambohipiantrana was built of several "cities" and this one was called Tanambao. Standing to the left: Thorkild Guttormsen Rosaas, a missionary at Madagascar 1869-1907, has a grieving ribbon on his helmet. His daughters Theodora died on March 6, 1900, and Johanna on May 23, 1905 Standing behind him nurse Sina Loeken. She was a missionary at Madagascar 1900-1934.
buildings leprosy norwegian missionary society group portraits rosaas, thorkild guttormsen, 1841-1913 loeken, sina, 1868-1938

Authors

unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1653
Date published
circa 1900
Dates
circa 1900
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 12 x 17 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Antsirabe Madagascar
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m1653 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-NMS-A03-149
Rights
Misjonsmarka 12, NO-4024 Stavanger, Norway Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University USC does not control copyright for these images. For usage permission, contact Mission and Diakonia Archives, VID Specialized University. Information is available at https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/ . post@vid.no
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/b91b6e9c80cdbefbaf12f81d4f425d71

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