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Title
Children learning the catechism, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
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
Comment un petit noir s'improvise catechiste.- Hoe een jongen catechist wordt." ("How a small black says the catechism") A large group of children are sitting outside, while one small boy is standing, practicing the catechism. The children are sitting in an open area surrounded by thatched huts.The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"
The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14279 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-019-0000-0019
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14279
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-019-0000-0019.jpg
Subject
Children
Religious practice
Rural areas
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Ankoro
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/019/0000/0019 [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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