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Title
Group of women with statue of Virgin Mary and child, Kisantu, 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
9. Quelques demoiselles - Kisantu - Eenige jufvrouwen." ("Some ladies") A group of girls and women are posed sitting and standing outside wearing identical dresses. A statue of the Virgin Mary and Christ dressed with robes and crowns is in the middle of the group.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Mission du Kwango. Kwango - Missie.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m15601 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0029
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15601
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0029.jpg
Subject
Women
Religious practice
Group portraits
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kisantu
Source
YDS/RG101/021/0000/0029 [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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