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Two complete postcard booklets of Madagascar, during the colonial period. 40 postcards in total. B
Price: $800.00
Madagascar / Indian Ocean
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Sixteen colonial postcards of social and economic life in Madagascar. EH, AH. B
Price: $320.00
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A collection of 31 different fantasy postcards and chromo trade cards from Europe on Madagascar. Almost all described on reverse and some with advertising. M
Price: $620.00
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MD 054Collection of 6 illustrations from the Illustrated London News that were sketched at the time of the British Mission to the island in 1862/1863. BB
Price: $240.00
Note: The reign of Queen Ranavalona I (r. 1828-61), was essentially reactionary, reflecting her distrust of foreign influence. Under the oligarchy that ruled in her name, rivals were slain, numerous Protestant converts were persecuted and killed, and many Europeans fled the island. The ruling elite held all the land and monopolized commerce, except for the handful of Europeans allowed to deal in cattle, rice, and other commodities. Remunerations to the queen provided the French traders a supply of slaves and a monopoly in the slave trade. Enjoying particular favor owing to his remarkable accomplishments was French artisan Jean Laborde, who established at Mantasoa, near Antananarivo, a manufacturing complex and agricultural research station where he manufactured commodities ranging from silk and soap to guns, tools, and cement.
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During the reign of Radama II (r. 1861-63), the pendulum once again swung toward modernization and cordial relations with Western nations, particularly France. Radama II made a treaty of perpetual friendship with France, but his brief rule ended with his assassination by a group of nobles alarmed by his pro-French stance. He was succeeded by his widow, who ruled until 1868, during which time she annulled the treaty with France and the charter of Laborde's company.
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After 1868 a Merina leader, Rainilaiarivony, ruled the monarchy. To avoid giving either the French or the British a pretext for intervention, Rainilaiarivony emphasized modernization of the society and tried to curry British favor without giving offense to the French. He made concessions to both countries, signing a commercial treaty with France in 1868 and with Britain in 1877. Important social developments under his leadership included the outlawing of polygamy and the slave trade; promulgation of new legal codes; the spread of education, especially among the Merina; and the conversion of the monarchy in 1869 to Protestantism.
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WW 366Archive belonging to a French Lieutenant (then later Captain) with the 2nd Colonial Infantry Regiment named Jean Bernard Escard. He served in Germany during WW2, then transferred to Tonkin and Cambodia and later Algeria, Madagascar and Senegal. Included is a full diary covering his time in Indochina in 1945-1946, with artwork, loose news clippings, a menu, etc. Also two small notebooks dated 1939 and 1941 where he made notes. Numerous documents from his assignments in Senegal, Madagascar, Algeria. Over 50 pages of documents, some marked SECRET, 3 photo albums containing over 230 real photos. Most prolific is his time in Indochina. M
Price: $1200.00
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MD 071
Double postcard size panorama of Majunga in 1906. B EH.
Price: $80.00
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MD 058
7 fantasy postcards of Madagascar types and personalities. m
Price: $250.00
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1869 fold out illustration from the London Illustrated News on the coronation of the queen of Madagascar. Size: 27 x 40cm. EH BBB
Price: $90.00
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Homogeneous collection of 25 glass slides of Tananarive, Madagascar, taken in 1900…..just a few years after the country came under French rule. Images include a rice plantation, Zoma market in Tananarive, coiffure maintenance, entrance to the Queens palace, monument at Place Colbert, locals in front of English protestant church, tomb of the First Minister, locals returning from well, palace of the First Minister, motherhood, panoramas of Tananarive, local fishing techniques, fascinating image of the door of entry to a village, local home inside Tananarive, local laundry washing, local hut, and more. All slides contain descriptions and are in very good condition except one. If interested there are slides from Cote d’Ivor and Indochina available from the same owner. B
Price: $400.00
MD 038Collection of 8 super 8 home movies sent to Dr. Porte who worked at the Hopital Girard et Robic, in Tanarive, Madagascar. The movies date 1954-1959 and cover footage in Madagascar, Cameroun, Tanzania, Comoros Islands, Algeria and Ajaccio. The movies in Madagascar no doubt show the hospital shortly after independence and shortly before it was demolished. I am not able to explore the footage because I do not have an 8mm film projector. Each reel is in its own separate box. B
Price: $500.00
Note: The hospital of Soavinandriana (meaning “blessed sovereigns”) was inaugurated on August 13, 1891 by Queen Ranavalona III and her Prime Minister, Rainilaiarivony. When Antananarivo fell to General Duschesne on September 30, 1895, during the Third Madagascar War, the hospital was accidentally shelled while 80 Malagasy and French soldiers were convalescing there.
The hospital was requisitioned by General Galliéni on November 15, 1896 for the French Army and was renamed the Colonial Hospital of Soavinandriana. After passage of the law separating Church and State in 1904, the 10 sisters of St-Vincent of Paul who managed the hospital, passed over control to the French military. The day before of the independence of Madagascar, on July 3, 1957, the hospital was renamed Hopital Girard and Robic, in honour of two doctors who were former directors of the Pasteur Institute of Madagascar. At the time of independence, supervision and management of the hospital (and other hospitals such as the "Hôpital Principal de Dakar") was handed over to France. The hospital continued to be run by the former Colonial Army Medical Corps which was now named "Service de Santé des Troupes de Marine" with "full financial autonomy". This meant that revenues had to pay for all expenses but budget balancing and profitability had not been strictly enforced previously. In 1958 the hospital was demolished, rebuilt and inaugurated by President Philibert Tsiranana on February 26, 1963.