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Title
Exhibit at Colonial Exposition showing missionary received by the king of Benin, 1931
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1931
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
"Le P. Borghero des Missions Africaines de Lyon, premier missionarie au Dahomey [now Benin] est reçu par le roi Gléglé. Exposition Coloniale 1931 - Section des Missions Africaines - 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon" The exhibit portrays a missionary priest being received by a king sitting on a throne with attendants surrounding him. The sign describing the exhibit is visible.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9.2 x 14 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg101-051-0000-0121.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-84554
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg101-051-0000-0121.jpg
Subject
Exhibitions
Heads of state
General views
Time Period
1931
Place
Africa
Benin
Source
IMP/YDS/RG101/051/0000/0121 [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
image/tiff
impa-m980

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