Salle de L'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise (Peres du St-Esprit) - La halte du missionnaire, le soir, sur le banc de sable (Gabon). (Diorama execute dans les ateliers des peres du St-Esprit)." ("Room of French Equatorial Africa (Fathers of the Holy Spirit) - the rest stop of the missionary in the evening on the sand bank (Gabon). (Diorama carried out in the workshops of the Fathers of the Holy Spirit).") A picture of a diorama displayed at a missions exhibition in 1931. The piece displays two missionary fathers having recently come to shore with seven indigenous men and boys. They make a fire on the shore as night falls. The back of the postcard is blank and contains the name of the mission exhibition where the diorama was displayed--"Exposition de Vincences (1931)--and printed information about the publisher: "Aidez le MISSIONS des PERES du St-ESPRIT - Abonnez vous a leurs "ANNALES" 10 fr. - Pere Briault. C.C. 611-49, 30, Rue Lhomond, Paris (5e)." The back also contains information about the printer: "Dillen et Cie, Heliograv. 23, rue Oudinot - Paris.
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