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Title
Missionary fathers with thirty-eight indigenous catechists, Porto-Novo, Benin, 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
"33. - AFRIQUE. - Reunion Mensuelle des Catechistes de PORTO-NOVO - Missions des PP. des Missions Africaines de Lyon au DAHOMEY." ("Monthly meeting of the Catechists of PORTO-NOVO.") Three missionary fathers and thiry-eight Dahomean men pose for a portrait in a courtyard. The fathers are wearing white robes
most of the other men are wearing suits. Postcard issued by the "Coll. Propagation de la Foi."
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "L'Oeuvre de la Propagation de la Foi soutient les Missions Catholiques du monde entier - Envoyer votre offrande par Cheques Postaux, Paris 618.25, Lyon 72.71 - Propagation de la Foi, Lyon-12, rue Sala, Paris: bien noter nouvelle adresse: 5, rue Monsieur (VIIe), ." ("The Work of the Propagation of the Faith supports the Catholic Missions of the whole world - To send your offering by Postal cheques, Paris 618.25, Lyon 72.71 - Propagation of the Faith, Lyon-12, rue Sala, Paris: to note a new address: 5, rue Monsieur (VIIe).")
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 13.75 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12660 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0031
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12660
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0031.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Clergy
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Benin
Porto-Novo
Source
YDS/RG101/006/0000/0031 [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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