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Title
Orphan boys learning gymnastics, Alexandria, Egypt, 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
"Maison St Vincent de Paul - Orphelinat de Garcons, Rue Sidi-Abil-Dardaa, Alexandire d'Egypte - Gymnastique." ("House St Vincent of Paul - Orphanage of Boys, Street Sidi-Abil-Dardaa, Alexandria, Egypt - Gymnastics.") Twenty-one orphan boys wearing white shirts and dark baggy pants perform gymnastic exercises in the courtyard of the orphanage. Three boys are balancing upside-down on the parallel bars while two other boys swing on a high bar.
The back of the postcard is blank.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12675 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0046
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12675
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-006-0000-0046.jpg
Subject
Abandoned children
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Alexandria
Egypt
Source
YDS/RG101/006/0000/0046 [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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