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Title
Missionary father poses with the men of a village, Zagnanado, Benin, ca. 1900-1930
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
4. DAHOMEY - Zagnanado - En excursion a Sagon-sur-Oueme." ("On excursion to Sagon-on-Oueme.") A missionary father and four other Dahomey young men dressed in white suits pose in a village with a large group of men and boys, most of whom are dressed in dark colors. Three of the men from the village sit with the missionary father. In the background houses of the village are visible. Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12643 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0014
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12643
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0014.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Benin
Zagnanado
Source
YDS/RG101/006/0000/0014 [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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