Front gate of French residence, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900

There are military guards outside the residence. Gallieni is in the car in front of the building.; See also the next record 1970 and IMPA 2280 in the project. General Gallieni purchased the two first automobiles for Madagascar. They were both of the French make Panhard Levassor and made in 1898. They arrived in Madagascar in 1900. The first trucks and buses arrived in 1904 when longer roads had been constructed