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Title
Children singing as missionary sister plays piano, Ambato-Boeny, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1930
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
AMBATO-BOENI. - La lecon de Chant." ("The lesson of Song.") A missionary sister sits at a piano while behind her eleven adolescent girls sing from songbooks. Standing with the singing girls is a Madagascan novice, and sitting on the ground in front of the piano are over twenty five younger girls. Postcard issued by "Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit a Madagascar."
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains information about the printer: "Radiogravure A. Breger Fr, 5, Rue de la Grang-Ory, Cachan.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12592 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0121
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12592
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0121.jpg
Subject
Vocal music
Clergy
Children
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Ambato-Boeny
Madagascar
Source
YDS/RG101/005/0000/0121 [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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