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Title
Children in front of the Temple of the Snake, Ouidah, Benin, ca.1900-1930
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
"Ouidah (Dahomey) - Le Temple du Serpent." ("The Temple of the Snake.") The postcard contains two separate images. In the larger picture, seven children stand in front of a long thatched-roof structure that encircles a small grove of trees. In the smaller picture, two adults hold snakes around their shoulders. Postcard issued by the "Societe Des Missions Africaines - 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains a printed note from the publisher: "Procure des Missions Africaines - 11, rue Crillon, Paris, IVe - Ch. Post. 1816-60 - Pour l'amour du Christ et des Ames, Aider les Missionnaires dans leurs Oeuvres d'Apostolat...C'est etre Missionnaire soi-meme! Celui qui aide l'Apotre, Recoit la recompense de l'Apotre!" ("For the love of Christ and Hearts, to Aid the Missionaries in their Works of the Apostolate" is to be a Missionary oneself! That which helps an Apostle, Receives the reward of an Apostle!")
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12662 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0033
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12662
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0033.jpg
Subject
Religious buildings
Children
Religious practice
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Benin
Ouidah
Source
YDS/RG101/006/0000/0033 [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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