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Title
Likoma Cathedral being constructed, Malawi, 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
"Likoma Cathedral (nearly finished). Bringing Wood for the Cathedral." "Universities Mission to Central Africa" "Building the new Cathedral, Hauling up Stones." Four photographs quarter the postcard, each one depicting some aspect of the construction of Likoma Cathedral. The upper right shows the partly-completed structure, the upper left shows men building the roof atop supports of bare wooden branches, the lower left shows porters carrying wood for the building, and the lower right shows people dragging a sled laden with heavy stones.
The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m59631 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-015-0000-0101
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59631
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-015-0000-0101.jpg
Subject
Construction engineering
Churches
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Malawi
Source
YDS/RG101/015/0000/0101 [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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