Madagascar, -- Antsiranana province, -- Antsiranana (Diégo-Suarez), -- Rue Colbert
Date:
ca. 1905
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "Diégo-Suarez - Rue Colbert, Near Froger Bridge."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition Cassam-Chenai, Diégo-Suarez."
Logo on recto reads: "Impr. Réunies de Nancy."
Original hand-written text on recto, "The shopping section of the street between the bridges and the residence - the market square is on the left behind the multistored house."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-30-19
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Collection Rights:
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Assembled by collectors Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin to document nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century photography of Japan. Includes albumen prints, portions handcolored, some signed and numbered in the negative. Taken by photographers Felice Beato (b. ca. 1825), Baron Raimon von Stillfried (1938-1911), Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880s), Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904), Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929) and unknown photographers to depict architecture, landscapes, formal studio portraits, and daily activities.
Arrangement:
Organized chronologically by the creators.
Biographical / Historical:
Henry and Nancy Rosin were collectors of Japanese photography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.