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Title
Missionary father and others standing on and around a termite mound, Libya, ca.1950
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950
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
Africa Cristiana Serie I - Flora e Fauna" "6 - Nido di formiche termite". This color postcard shows a missionary father stands next to a large mud termite mound three times as tall as a man. Standing on and around the mound are a dozen other people.
The back of the postcard has a postmark and handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Questi alpinisti intrepidi e arditi Hanno scanato un.. nido di termiti! Ma son contenti non d'aver scalato, Bensi delle formiche che han mangiato!" "L'Istituto Missioni Africane accoglie Giovani Studenti e Fratelli Catechisti desiderosi di consacrarsi all'Opera delle Missioni in Africa.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 15 x 11 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m59479 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-015-0000-0095
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59479
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-015-0000-0095.jpg
Subject
Termites
Clergy
Exterior views
Time Period
circa 1950
Place
Africa
Libya
Source
YDS/RG101/015/0000/0095 [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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