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Title
Priest posing with large group of children, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Unidentified
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
"Madagascar - Le Missionnaire entoure des Enfants du village" ("?") A group of over fifty Madagascan children pose around a man wearing a white hat, most likely a missionary or an indigenous priest. In the background the houses of the village are visible. Postcard issued by the "Missions des Lazaristes."
The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Les Missions des Lazaristes et des Filles de la Charite - Organe mensuel - de l'Oeuvre du Bienheureux Jean-Gabriel Perboyre - en faveur des missions les plus necessiteuses - Un an : France, 10 fr. - Etranger 15 fr. - Adresser les offrandes a M le Directeur de l'Oeuvre du Bx Perboyre - 95 Rue de Severes - Paris (6e) - Cheque Post. no 285 88." ("Missions of Lazaristes and the Girls of Charity - monthly Body - Work of the Blessed Jean-Gabriel Perboyre - in favour of the neediest missions - One year: France, 10 FR. - Foreigner 15 FR. - Address the offerings to M the Director of the Work of Bx Perboyre - 95 Rue de Severes - Paris (6e) - Post Cheque. No 285 88.")
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 8.75 x 13.75 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12587 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0116
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12587
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0116.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Children
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Madagascar
Source
YDS/RG101/005/0000/0116 [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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