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Title
Military recruitment, French West Africa, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
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
En Afrique Occidentale Francaise- Le recrutement indigene pendant la Guerre" ("In French West Africa - Indigenous recruitment during the War") A number of soldiers are lined up in an open area, dressed in uniforms, and some are holding guns in their hands. A number of other people can be seen standing in the distance and colonial men are also in the midst of the soldiers.
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the printer: "Phototypie J. Bienaime, Reims
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14102 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-018-0000-0118
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14102
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-018-0000-0118.jpg
Subject
Armed forces
Indigenous populations
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Source
YDS/RG101/018/0000/0118 [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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