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Creator:
C. Malgarinos  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 2 MG
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Madagascar
Madagascar, -- Antsiranana province, -- Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez)
Date:
ca. 1914
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Diégo-Suarez - Native Groups of Company Workers." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Diego Suarez, Madagascar, 6 September 1914."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Propriéte de C. Malgarinos."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Monsieur H. L. Sover. 11 Rue St. Jacques Marseilles Boushes du rhone France."
Original hand-written text on recto, "Diègo, 6 Wept 14. Dear Sir. A few minutes before departure for France, I received notice from Antanimundry that the first salt harvest world start on the 4th. The notice is from the evening of the 3rd. In view of the bad weather which could interfere with deposits of a certain thickness, I prescribed that harvesting be carried out every five or six days. Respectfully."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-46-11
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this
Men  Search this
Employees  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-2125
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo794233c7e-95df-4bea-b360-2a946884232e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5876