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Title
Young women sweeping with palm fronds, Congo, 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
Camp d'Umangi en 1902. Les balayeuses et leurs enfants." Four young women with infants strapped to their backs sweep the streets with fronds from palm trees. Brick buildings are visible behind them.
The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Ligue Nationale Pour la Protection de l'Enfance Noire Au Congo Belge" "Envoyez votre adhesion a la Tresoriere Mme M. Lescart 52 rue Americaine, Bruxelles Cotisation annuelle: 1 fr.
5 fr.
10 fr.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m60510 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-023-0000-0037
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m60510
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-023-0000-0037.jpg
Subject
Women
Workers
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Congo
Source
YDS/RG101/023/0000/0037 [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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