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Title
Fr. Toomey and Catholic family in Guilin, China, 1942
Creator
Toomey, Fr. Edward A
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-02
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
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
A photograph of Fr. Patrick Toomey with Catholic family in Guilin. Each family member is holding at least one baby, including Fr. Toomey.
Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Toomey came to Maryknoll in 1921 and was ordained to the priesthood on January 26, 1930. His first assignment was to Wuchow, China in 1930. In 1936 he moved to Kweilin. In 1940 his health brought him back to the United States. He returned to China briefly but eventually served the people of Hawaii.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 8.3 x 6.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3154 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-002-02-0003
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3154
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-002-02-0003.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Catholicism
Clergy
Group portraits
Time Period
1942-02
Place
China
Kweilin
Source
MKL/China/002/02/0003 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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