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Title
Clergy celebrating Mass in tent, Kakyelo, Congo, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
A male clergy celebrates Mass beneath a tent as the congregation sits on the ground facing the tent.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Oeuvres de Don Bosco. Préf. Apost. Luapula Supérieur (Congo belge). Procure: Compte chèques 2719.01 - Werk van Don Bosco. Apost. Pref. van Boven-Luapula (Belg. Kongo)" The back of the postcard also includes the caption: "10. Mgr Sak disant la Ste Messe sous la tente. 10. Mgr leest de H. Mis onder de tent." ("Mgr reads H. Mass under the tent")
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 13.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m57122 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0102
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57122
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0102.jpg
Subject
Religious practice
Indigenous populations
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/021/0000/0102 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Missionary Postcard Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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