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Title
Group gathered in cemetery in Kaying, China, 1938
Creator
Gilbert, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-09
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 a Maryknoll priest giving "General Absolution for all the dead in a cemetary on Feast of All Souls." The priest is reciting prayer near a casket that is draped with a decorated cloth as people look on. There are two altar boys on either side of the priest.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 6 x 6.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-m3616 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-004-03-0007
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3616
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-004-03-0007.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Religious activities
Death
General views
Time Period
1938-09
Place
China
Kaying
Source
MKL/China/004/03/0007 [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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