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Title
Alter boys in Ng Fa, Changpu, China, 1937
Creator
Welch, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-03
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 eight young altar boys for the future Chinese priesthood. The boys wear white and are each holding a candle in their right hand and their left hand is placed on their hearts. This was taken outdoors.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 11.4 x 8.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3471 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-003-08-0010
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3471
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-003-08-0010.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Religious behaviour
Children
Group portraits
Time Period
1937-03
Place
Changpu
China
Source
MKL/China/003/08/0010 [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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