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Title
Christmas celebration in the village for leprous, Pretoria, South Africa, ca. 1901-1915
Creator
Dentan, Jules
Date Created and/or Issued
1901/1915
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
DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description
"Nöel chez les lépreux" ("Christmas at the leprous'") Photograph of a Swiss missionary, a few African men and women and a group of children in Pretoria. They stand in a building of the village for leprous and look at the camera.
Photographie d'un missionnaire suisse romand, de quelques hommes et femmes d'origine africaine et d'un groupe d'enfants africains à Pretoria. Ils sont debout dans un bâtiment du village des lépreux à Pretoria et regardent en direction du photographe.
Type
image
Format
glass photonegatives, b&w
8.2 x 10.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m65608 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv130-081-121
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m65608
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv130-081-121.jpg
Subject
Christmas
Indigenous populations
Clergy
Leprosy
Group portraits
Interior views
Time Period
1901/1915
Place
Africa
Pretoria
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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