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Title
Missionary outside of a tent, Katanga, Congo, 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
A missionary is posed sitting outside with a paper in his hands. He is sitting by a fence made of sticks and there is a tent nearby. On the other side of the tent there are two boys standing by a tree, and there is also a bicycle near the tree.
The back of the postcard is blank and also contains information about the mission agency: "Missiehuis v.d. H. Geest te Lier en Ingelmunster." "Katanga- Missies der P.P. v.d. H. Geest- Missions des P.P. du St. Esprit " There is also the caption: "Missionaris op reis.- Missionnaire en brousse." ("Missionary in bush")
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 10 x 14.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14838 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-020-0000-0074
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14838
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-020-0000-0074.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Housing
Group portraits
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Katanga
Source
YDS/RG101/020/0000/0074 [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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