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Title
Clergy and villagers in front of chapel near Hienghène, New Caledonia, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1930
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
31 Paroisses et 72 Chapelles existent a ce jour. (Kavath pres Hienghene)." ("31 Parishes and 72 Chapels exist to date. (Kavath near Hienghene).") Two missionary fathers and a missionary sister pose with over thirty indigenous men, women, and children in front of a small church.
The postcard was issued by the "Missions Maristes de Nouvelle-Caledonie," a Catholic missions agency. The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information from the publisher: "Sous-Procure des Missions - 6, Rue de Bagneux, Paris-VIe.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9.5 x 14.25 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13121 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-010-0000-0034
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13121
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-010-0000-0034.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Churches
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Hienghène
New Caledonia
Oceania
Source
YDS/RG101/010/0000/0034 [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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