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Title proper
Emperor Haile Selassie at the Leprosarium.
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- Graphic material
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1955 (Creation)
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1 print photograph : b&w ; 26.5x20.5 cm
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In 1953, Robert Thompson returned to Ethiopia to assume position of Director of the Sheshamane Leprosarium.
Scope and content
Item is a print photograph of Emperor Haile Selassie standing outside the Sheshamane Leprosarium. On the far left with their back turned to the camera is Robert Thompson who extends their right hand to Empress Menen Asfaw. Behind the Emperor to the right is an unidentified Ethiopian military official. The is and unidentified man holding a camera that stands with their back against the building. Emperor Haile Selassie is in military uniform with a pith helmut.
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Robert N. Thompson
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Preferred citation Trinity Western Archives and Special Collections, Robert N. Thompson fonds, Photograph Collection sous-fond, RNT-01-0084.
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There is a sticker on the bottom left corner of the the photograph that reads "1956 - Emperor Haile Selassie and the Empress at our home at the Leprosarium".
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Scanned using a Epson Expression 1680 at 600 dpi in TIFF format using LZW compression and at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 7
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For records related to Robert Thompson military career see: RNT-SF-3 Military Years/Ethiopia.
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- Selassie, Haile I (Subject)
- Thompson, Robert (Subject)
- Sheshamane Leprosarium (Subject)
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Final
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Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
October, 2023, CT