Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"Madagascar - Ecole de la Leproserie de Manankavaly" ("School of the Leper-house of Manankavaly"). Two adult Malagasy men stand with twenty one boys and girls posing in front of a …

Photograph of a group of African women and children carrying pots on their head. In the background, a river. Photographie d'un groupe de femmes et d'enfants d'origine africaine portant des …

Six missionary sisters pose with a large group mostly comprised of children. Behind them stands a stone grotto and a statue of the virgin. The back of the postcard has …

Black and white photograph of a young Nigerian girl, who sits in a large steel bowl, probably used as a bath. She sits on the veranda to a mission building. …

Cub scouts of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) playing, in Madagascar.

"Schüler bei der Kirche in Rutenganyo." ("Schoolchildren at the church in Rutenganio."). Large group of schoolchildren in front of a brick building to the right which is only partly depicted. …

"Wäsche am Klipplaat-Fluß bei Silo" ("Laundry at the Klipplaat river near Silo").A woman is sitting on a stone slab in the river. She is wearing a light-coloured headpiece, a dark …

“Rika Lyosha(?) 1934/35 in Mamba” (“Rika Lyosha(?) 1934/35 in Mamba”). Group picture: Missionary Fritze with 38 African adolescents and one adult (European garments, all of them wearing the same belt) …

Photograph of Swiss missionaries in Valdezia. From left to right: Mrs Berthoud, Marthe Grand and Henri Berthoud. Standing next to Mr and Mrs Berthoud, their children. Photographie de missionnaires suisses …

Annie Gambier playing with a girl, in the leper-house of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) in Ebeigne. Annie Gambier is the daughter of Fernand …