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Title
Men and boys await baptism, Uganda, 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
One missionary father and one indigenous man in a white robe are standing in the middle of a large group of men and boys who are sitting on the ground awaiting baptism.
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note and contains the caption: "Uganda (Africa)- Catecumeni che attendono la grazia del Battesimo." It also contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Pontifici Opere Missionarie Direzione Nazionale- Roma- Via di Propaganda N. 1-A" and also: "1st. It. d'Art Grafiche, Bergamo - 1943-XXI".
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14047 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-018-0000-0105
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14047
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-018-0000-0105.jpg
Subject
Rural areas
Clergy
Indigenous populations
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Uganda
Source
YDS/RG101/018/0000/0105 [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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