Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"11 Bush house." A man is standing outside of a thatched house in the midst of large trees. The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the …

"La maison missionnaire" ("The mission house"). Photographie de la maison missionnaire de Valdezia. Au premier plan, un groupe de personnes sur et autour d'un char tiré par des ânes. Sur …

"Innhegningsmurer, Ngaoundéré". ("Compound walls, Ngaoundéré".) A wall along the road with houses behind. A woman with children from behind in the left corner of the image.

"Hausbau in Kyimbila." ("House building in Kyimbila."). View of a two-story brick house that is still in construction. A scaffold frames the house. In the foreground: probably a vegetable garden. …

"Groupe dans un compound indigène" ("Group in an indigenous compound") Photograph of a group of African men sitting and standing in rows in front of shacks. Photographie d'un groupe d'hommes …

“Wohnstube im Missionshaus zu Madschame” (“Sitting room in the missionhouse in Machame”). On the left a window with a curtain, pictures on the wall, in front a table and a …

227. MADAGASCAR. - Tananarive, mosaique etincelante." ("Tananarive, glittering mosaic"). View from above of a town containing many homes and several large buildings. In the distance a lake is visible along …

"Where Mr and Miss Cameron Miss Sewell and HG went for their Christmas holidays Miantsoarivo. Madagascar." View of huts on hilltop. James Cameron was an artisan missionary who began work …

No original title. Mr. and Mrs. Blumer with Arnold(?) or Wilhelm(?) and five other persons on a porch. Cf. photo no. 544, album no. 20. -- Leonhard Blumer (1878-1938), from …

“Pauls house begun. 3 masons at work.” Landscape view showing the foundations for a small house and masons working as Dr Irvine looks on. The Irvine home can be seen …