Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"14. ̶ Madagascar. Devant sa pauvre Église." A missionary father is shown along with several villagers outside a plain mission church. The following information is printed on the back of …

"Jardin de M. Rosset potager" ("Garden of Mr Rosset vegetable garden") Stereoscopic photograph of Paul Rosset's vegetable garden in Valdezia. A man, a woman and a child of European origin …

Black and white photograph featuring a group of missionaries attending a synod at Oron in modern Akwa-Ibom state, Nigeria, in 1939. The group is mainly made up of European male …

"Betsileo (Madagascar). - 21. - A l'Ecole Normale." A number of white-clad students stand outdoors, a Catholic missionary father standing with them. In the background a large stone church spire …

“Les Sœurs de la Charité à Elisabethville. Hôpital pour Européens. La Pouponnière – Le Repos.” Children at the hospital for Europeans rest outside in hammocks. The infants sleep in Western …

"Fiangonana Faravohitra 1868" View of Martyr Memorial church with portraits of pastors and missionaries. One of around 360 prints from various sources mounted and indexed in folders. Probably used for …

Photograph of a group of people sitting and standing in front of buildings with thatched roofs. In the foreground, African people. In the background, European people standing on the porch …

„Ordinierte Prediger im Kaffer-Land“ („Ordained preachers in Kaffir land“). Group portrait of nine men in dark suits standing next to a church. Johannes Vogt (1883-1973) was bishop of the Moravian …

"11. ̶ Madagascar. ̶ Un Missionnaire (P. Chevalier) en route pour visiter ses Chrétientés." A missionary father is shown traveling along a country path on horseback. A porter follows behind. …

“Evangelisationsversammlung vor einer Dorfhütte. Geschwister Löbner” (“Evangelization-meeting in front of a village hut. Siblings Löbner”). Group picture of approx. 30 persons: Brother (white suit, tropical hat) and Sister Löbner (white …