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Title
Interior of a church, Africa, 1937
Creator
Fides
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
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
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photograph of the interior of a church in Africa. View of the church pews and altar form the back of the church. The pews are made of logs that are on their side to act as seats. An aisle leads to the altar in between the sets of pews. The altar has a tabernacle with three candles on both sides of it. A brick communion rail is at the base of the altar.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
13 x 18 cm
photograph
Identifier
impa-m64408 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Africa-10-129
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64408
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Africa-10-129.jpg
Subject
Churches
Altars
Pews
Communion rails
Interior views
Time Period
1937
Place
Africa
Source
MFB/Africa/10/129 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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