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

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Ambohipiantrana, a home for the leprous patients, Antsirabe, Madagascar, 1900

1900

"Spedalskebyen Ambohipiantrana" ("Ambohipiantrana a home for the leprous"). Ambohipiantrana means the city of mercy. A survey picture of Ambohipiantrana with the Vohitra Mountains in the background. The tower of the church is hidden behind the trees. The planting of trees on the Vohitra has not yet begun when this photograph was taken.
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Authors

Einrem, Johannes

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2899
Dates
1900
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints. 11.5 x 16.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Antsirabe Madagascar
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m2899 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-NMS-A13-499
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/ad15575b26277a92aa156959117ff669

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