"Benediction des Fondations de l'Ecole." ("Blessing of the Foundations of the School.") Four missionary sisters and one missionary father pose with fifteen Madagascan children at the newly placed foundation of what is to become a school. In the foreground is a large stack of stones yet to be laid in the background is a small church. Postcard issued by the Catechistes Missionnaires de Marie-Immaculee. The back of the postcard is blank.
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