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Title
Missionary sisters pose with young girls, Algeria, ca.1900-1930
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
Sahara - EL GOLEA - Soeurs et Enfants." ("The Sahara - EL GOLEA - Sisters and Children.") Two missionary sisters pose with eighteen young girls who wear head coverings and patterned dresses. One girl sitting in front wears a unique headdress. Postcard issued by the "Missions d'Afrique - Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie."
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Soeurs Missionnaries de Notre-Dame d'Afrique - Soeurs Blanches - Birmandreis, Alger.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12869 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-007-0000-0009
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12869
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-007-0000-0009.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Women
Children
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
(city)
Africa
Algeria
Source
YDS/RG101/007/0000/0009 [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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