cover image: Children playing outdoors, Madagascar, ca. 1910

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Children playing outdoors, Madagascar, ca. 1910

"Children playing soldiers". Girls and boys in line with spades carried as guns over their shoulders. Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn. The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
entertainment indigenous populations london missionary society group portraits osborn, chase salmon, 1860-1949

Authors

Unknown, possibly Ramahandry or Rasolonjatovo

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m277
Date published
1910/1920
Dates
1910/1920
Format
Photographs
Pages
printing-out paper, 11.6 x 15.9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Madagascar
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m277 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-CWM-13-10-007-045
Rights
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Council for World Missions University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e1ab06af392e843d2bcec50a8f8887b0

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