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Title
Missionary father evangelizes an indigenous man, Lesotho, 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
"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.")
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12831 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0147
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12831
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0147.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Clergy
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
(city)
Africa
Lesotho
Source
YDS/RG101/006/0000/0147 [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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