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Title
Missionary sister treats a recently arrived patient, Niangara, Congo, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Unidentified
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
"DOMINICAINES MISSIONNAIRES DE NIANGARA. - Malade arrivant de la brousse." ("DOMINICAN MISSIONARIES OF NIANGARA. - Patient arrives from the bush.") A missionary sister inspects an indigenous man who lies on the ground visibly sick. Other indigenous men stand nearby including two who have just carried the man to the mission. Postcard issued by Mission Dominicaine du Congo Belge.
The back of the postcard is blank.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12985 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0046
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12985
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0046.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Medical treatment
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Congo, (Democratic Republic)
Niangara
Source
YDS/RG101/008/0000/0046 [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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