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French Colonies MADAGASCAR, SENEGAL, CONGO AND...

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[French Colonies] MADAGASCAR, SENEGAL, CONGO AND VARIOUS Photo album titled "Souvenirs of my travels in Madagascar, Senegal and Congo constituted by Fernand Oliveda, colonial administrator, comprising about 420 photographs of the period, various sizes, mostly mounted on sheets and captioned in ink, including : approx. 306 photographs concerning Madagascar, representing in particular portraits of Malagasy sovereigns, French administrators, members of ethnic groups, political events, monuments, stations, bridges, landscapes, etc., including : "Ranavalona III former queen of Madagascar", "Rainilaïanivony prime minister" and "Razafinandriamanitra, niece of the queen"; "Palace of the Queen in 1868 without the corner towers"; "Andohaly-Kabary of the Queen before the 1895 expedition", "Mahamasina, reviewed by the Queen after the war, 1874"; "Filanzana of Queen Ravalano, 1886", "Encampment of the Queen at Mahamasina, 1873"; "Tananarive, les 4 chemins, le Général", "Le Général Gallieni", 3 shots of the "Submission of Kabozaka, 1898"; "Le Général Gallieni, rue Amiral Pierre, Tananarive"; "Expedition of Madagascar, 1895, the 200th regiment of marine infantry and the marine artillery"; 6 photographs of "October 12, 1896, capital execution of the 2 ministers of the Queen, Ratsimamanga and Rainandriamampandry", "Ratsimamanga and Rainandriamampandry, the two ministers shot"; 4 shots of the "Inauguration of the commemorative monument, Colbert Square, Tananarive - speech by Rasanjy, indigenous governor Speech by General Gallieni"; "Review at Andohala, Tananarive Square"; "Submission of Razanoro"; "Entrance to the Queen's Palace" "Chapel of the Queen's Palace" "Silver Palace (Antranavola)"; 4 shots of the transfer of the body of the 1st Minister Rainilaiarivony and his tomb, speech by General Gallieni ; General Gallieni's cars on the road to Majunga with luggage; 4 shots of the transfer to the tomb of the Malagasy kings next to the Queen's palace; Tomb of the Malagasy kings in the main courtyard of the Queen's palace; Palace of the 1st minister ; 3 shots of the circumcision ceremony, 1886 (costumes, music group, the circumcision); "Ambohimanga (the holy city), entrance to the Rova" and "House of Andrianampoinimerina 1st king of Imerina"; "Convoy of fahavalos"; Panorama of Tananarive seen from the west and the east; "Tananarive, Hova house"; "Tananarive, the zoma, market, Friday", with stamp on the back "Ratsimamanga ses fils, photographers, Tananarive, 1912"; "Métis Hova" "Hovas de Tananarive"; "Hova (andaiva) playing the valiha"; "Valiha player"; "Hova hairstyle"; "Making ordinary baskets and mats in zozoro"; "Weaving raffia raffia"; "Weaving (lambamerra) shrouds"; "Bobbin lace"; "Gold diggers with a beater"; Rice cultivation: "Clearing, harvesting, transplanting"; "Hulling rice"; "Carrying a sick person through the bush" Full-length portraits of natives including Sakalaves selling raffia, Antanaves; Portraits of Albert Piquié, Governor General, 1910-1914 "Tananarive, the railway station, December 3, 1910, banquet offered by the Malagasy to the Governor General" in the presence of Fernand Oliveda; "A celebration at Mahamasima, 1911"; 4 photographs "The Governor General at the cemetery of Tananarive, All Saints' Day 1911"; Residence of the Governor General, cross-dressing ball, 1911; Inauguration of the Museum of Fine Arts in the former chapel of the Queen, April 1914; Entrance of the Governor General at the fair of war works, 1915; Views of profiles of stallions, oxen fattened in a pit; "Road from Majunga to Tananarive"; Suberbieville: "Hôtel Sutter"; "Director's house"; "Poste antsiafabositra"; "Pont d'Ankazobé"; Western road; Marokoby valley, military village Antsimandify; Antsirabé and surroundings; Fianarantsoa; Anjomakely; Tananarive: Gallieni boulevard, Wharf, the messenger ship, the port, the harbor; Construction of the railway from Tannarive to Antsirabe; Stations of Mahatsara, Tampino, Ampanotomaizino, Ambila-Lemaitso and Ankarefo, group of workers of the building sites, bridges, inaugurations; Majunga: official school, sulphurization and disinfection store; Diego-Suarez: the landing stage; 2 shots Rum production in Madagascar; Nossi-Bé: the circle, the police station; 10 panoramic views of Tananarive, 28 x 33 cm ; 6 views of Senegal-Casamance, 1906-1908 including the School of the Black Sisters in Ziguinchor (Casamance); 74 views of the Congo, 1920-1925: Brazzaville, Hôtel du gouvernorat général, Governor Alfassa's family, Etienne de Crémieu-Alcan the aviator, Chantiers du chemin de fer, 1922, Reception in Kinshasa of Prince Léopold prince de Brabant, May 25, 1925 ; 10 views: Uganda and Tanzania; Zanzibar: The Sultan of Zanzibar at the Post-Office; The Cathedral, Government Offices.