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Title
Young orphans outside in a wicker basket, Congo, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
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
Seven young orphans are shown outside. Five of them are standing in a rectangular wicker basket. In the background, a large brick building can be seen.
The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Congregation des Filles de la Croix de Liege. Congregatie der Dochters van het Kruis te Luik."Maison-mere Moederhuis: rue Hors-Chateau, 49." "Mission du Haut-Congo belge. Missie van den Belgischen Opper-Congo." "Nos petits orphelins - Onze Weesjes."
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m64394 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-024-0000-0146B
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64394
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-024-0000-0146B.jpg
Subject
Children
Abandoned children
Group portraits
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/024/0000/0146B [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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