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Title
A priest and a group of children putting a crucifix in the ground, Africa, 1936
Creator
Fides
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
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
Photograph of a priest and a group of children putting a crucifix in the ground in Africa. One boy is squatting on the ground guiding the bottom of the crucifix into the ground. The other boys are holding onto the base of the cross to straighten it out. The priest is behind the group holding onto the cross with one hand.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
13 x 18 cm
photograph
Identifier
impa-m64454 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Africa-11-140
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64454
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Africa-11-140.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Boys
Indigenous peoples
Crucifixes
General views
Time Period
1936
Place
Africa
Source
MFB/Africa/11/140 [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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