Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"Kokkeleiren, Ngaoundéré, Ngounderetoppen". ("The cooks' residence, Ngaoundéré, the Ngaoundéré top".) Woman with small child outside a house. Houses and plain in the background. The mountain top in the distance.

Bertram was the son of Bertha Johanne 1870-1935 and Ole Jensenius 1867-1940, a missionary in Madagascar from 1892-1918. They were married in Tamatave, Madagascar in 1894. Bertram migrated to the …

"Madagascar. Léproserie de Manankavaly ̶ À l’isolement." Children with leprosy are quarantined from the rest of the village. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: "Société …

Boy ringing the bell of Ovan, to announce the service of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society).

Several rows of young girls stand with arms outstretched in calisthenic exercises. Behind them trees can be seen. The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it, Printed at …

"Partie de croquet à Valdézia [Valdezia]" ("Game of croquet in Valdézia [Valdezia]") Photograph of a group of European people having a game of croquet in Valdezia. In the center, Arnold …

"Werkstatt, provisorisch [mit] Wellblech zusammengestellt." ("Workshop, provisionally arranged [with] corrugated iron sheet.") Photograph of a small child standing in the door frame of a workshop.

LEOPOLDVILLE (Congo Belge) - Une classe en plein air." ("LEOPOLDVILLE (Belgian Congo) - a class in the open air.") Over forty children sit outside on small wooden benches under a …

No original title. Arnold Blumer, his African friend and six other children on a staircase leading to the entrance of a house. Leonhard Blumer (1878-1938), from Kida in Estonia, served …

“Zusters der Kinsheid Jezus – Bokoro – Belgisch Congo. Missiehuis der Zusters. Moederhuis : Nederpolder, 1, Gent.” The Sisters of the Infant Jesus Mission is a large, two story, brick …