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Title
Missionaries caring for leprous men, Madagascar, 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
"3 - Pansements a la leproserie de Marana" ("Bandages at the leper-house of Marana"). A missionary father and sister along with a Malagasy assistant give treatment to four men with leprosy. The assistant to the missionaries holds a basin while the sister prepares to pour water on their sores and apply bandages.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Procure des Missions, 73, Rue des Stations, LILLE - Bulletin 'Chine, Ceylon, Madagascar' - Teleph. 6042 - Ch. Post. 134". The back also contains information about the publisher: "Phototype - 49, rue de Canteleu, Lille".
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12512 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0065
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12512
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0065.jpg
Subject
Leprosy
Medical treatment
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
(city)
Africa
Madagascar
Source
YDS/RG101/005/0000/0065 [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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