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Title
Two chiefs seated outdoors, Congo, ca.1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
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
Two young chiefs are seated outdoors, one wearing a robe, the other wearing Western dress. A row of men stand behind them, and others are seated on the ground at either side.
The back of the postcard is stamped and postmarked, and has a few lines of handwriting. Printed at the bottom of the correspondence section is "Missionnaires d'Afrique (Peres Blancs). Missionarissen van Afrika (Witte-Paters)." "6. Deux chefs Bahema, avec leurs serviteurs, a Mudzi-Maria (Lac Albert)" "6. Twee hoofdmannen met volgelingan te Mudzi-Maria (Albert-Meer)."
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62295 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-022-0000-0128
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62295
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-022-0000-0128.jpg
Subject
Heads of state
Customs and traditions
Group portraits
Time Period
1940
Place
Africa
Congo
Source
YDS/RG101/022/0000/0128 [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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