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Title
Missionary sister and children, Boma, 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
"Missionsschwestern vom kostbaren Blut in Bomania, Belg. Congo." A missionary sister is standing outside posed with children in the courtyard of a mission. Most of the children have either food or other items in their hands. Some children are sitting on the ground and food, bowls and other objects are nearby. The front of the postcard also contains: "B, Kuhlen, M. Giadbach."
The back of the postcard is blank.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14380 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-019-0000-0074
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14380
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-019-0000-0074.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Children
Food
Exterior views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Boma
Congo, (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/019/0000/0074 [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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