View of Malagasy houses with thatched roofs on grounds of Pavillon de Madagascar, Exposition universelle, 1900, Paris, France

People:

Paul Gers (photographer)

Title:

View of Malagasy houses with thatched roofs on grounds of Pavillon de Madagascar, Exposition universelle, 1900, Paris, France

Date:

1900

Description:

According to Paul Gers, these structures were transported to the exhibition from Madagascar. Malagasy people who had been brought to Paris to be part of the exhibition at the Pavillon de Madagascar lived and worked in these structures during the day.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

composition: 11,7 × 16,6 cm (4 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.) secondary support: 23 × 28,5 cm sheet: 11,7 × 16,6 cm (4 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.)

Reference number:

PH1983:0042.06:002

Point of View:

general view

Inscription:

inscribed - recto: Panorama de Madagascar. Paillottes malgaches (on mount, upper left, in unknown hand, in black ink); 204 (on mount, upper right, in unknown hand, in black ink)

Location:

France

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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