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Title
Bro. Lawrence standing on leprosarium property at Jiangmen, China, 1936
Creator
Sweeny, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-11-20
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
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of "Brother Lawrence standing somewhere near the center of new property. It reaches from mountain tops down to a big river front." This land is slated for the new Leprosarium at Jiangmen.
Born in Ohio, Brother Lawrence entered the Maryknoll Brothers in 1921. In 1933 he was assigned to the Kongmoon Mission where he specialized in construction and landscaping. Loaned to Wuchow in 1936, he was in charge of the construction of the seminary in Taan Chuk. He was repatriated to the United States on the SS Gripsholm in 1942 and spent the rest of his life at Maryknoll keeping the printing machinery of the Field Afar magazine in working order.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 8.5 x 5.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m7062 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-023-06-0002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m7062
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-023-06-0002.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Leprosy
Human settlements
General views
Time Period
1936-11-20
Place
China
Kongmoon
Source
MKL/China/023/06/0002 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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