An exterior view of a church under construction. There are a number of people working on different areas of the chapel as one missionary father places the cross on the top of the building. There is a dirt area around the construction zone and large branches are used as scaffolding. The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander." and also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The back of the postcard also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart" The back also includes the caption: "Le R. Pere Elslander place la croix sur la Tour. Pater Elslander plaatst het Kruls op den Toren." ("Father Eslander places the cross on the tower.")
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