Les Villages eloignes ont des Cases pour la Priere." ("The distant Villages have houses for Prayer.") Over sixty indigenous women, men, and children pose in front of a house with a cross on the roof. Some of the children in the foreground hold long spears. The postcard was issued by the "Missions Maristes de Nouvelle-Caledonie," a Catholic missions agency. The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information from the publisher: "Sous-Procure des Missions - 6, Rue de Bagneux, Paris-VIe.
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image
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photographic postcards, 9.5 x 14.25 cm photographs
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