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Title
Maryknoll Sisters on board ship sailing on Lake Biwa, Japan, ca. 1930-1950
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930/1950
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 three Maryknoll Sisters sitting on the deck of a ship. The Sister closest to the camera holds a handkerchief to her right cheek. They are all dressed in white habits and dark veils. "Picture taken while on a day's excursion around Lake Biwa. There were ten of us in the party. Sister Gemma Shea's handkerchief was used to prevent sun and wind burn."
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
12 x 7.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m60630 [Legacy record ID]
MSA-Japan-b471-f10-w151
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m60630
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MSA-Japan-b471-f10-w151.jpg
Subject
Inland water transport
Nuns
General views
Time Period
circa 1930/1950
Place
Asia
Japan
Source
MSA/Japan/b471/f10/w151 [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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