"Mgr VERJUS, fondateur de la Mission -- Type de la Montagne." ("Mgr VERJUS, founder of the Mission -- Montagne type.") The postcard contains two separate images. On the left is a missionary father wearing a large cross. On the right is an indigenous man wearing a necklace and bands around his arms. The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Missionnaires du Sacre-Coeur d'Issoudun. -- PAPOUASIE - NOUVELLE-GUINEE (Oceanie)." ("Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun. -- NEW GUINEA - NEW GUINEA (Oceania).") The missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic order.
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image
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photographic postcards, 8.75 x 13.5 cm photographs
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