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Title
Boy carrying a baby on his back, Belgian Congo, Africa, April 1947
Creator
Father Heingmann
Date Created and/or Issued
1947-04
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 a boy carrying a baby on his back in the Belgian Congo. The boy is facing the left side of the photo and is wearing a pack on his back. The baby is in the pack on the boy's back with his head and limbs sticking out. A building is in the background partially blocked by the boy and the baby.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
13 x 18 cm
photograph
Identifier
impa-m64335 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Africa-09-122
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64335
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Africa-09-122.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Boys
Infants
Group portraits
Time Period
1947-04
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
MFB/Africa/09/122 [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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