"MISSIONS DU SUD-AFRIQUE - Serie IV - Le vieux Missionnaire instruisant le vieux mosuto (Basutoland)." ("MISSIONS OF SOUTH-AFRICA - Series IV - The old Missionary teaching the old mosuto man (Basutoland).") A missionary father sits on the ground with an indigenous man and teaches Christianity to him by means of a small wooden cross. Two other indigenous men dressed in suits sit in the background. The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "MISSIONNAIRES OBLATS DE MARIE-IMMACULEE - Oeuvre des Missions O.M.I. - 75, Rue de l'Assomption - PARIS (XVIe). - Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculee. Revue Mensuelle: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris." ("MISSIONARY OBLATES OF IMMACULATE MARY - Work of Missions O.M.I. - 75, Street of the Assumption - PARIS (XVIe). - Subscribe to the Small Annals of the Missionary Oblates of Immaculate Mary. Monthly Review: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris.")
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