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Title
Catholic mission nursery, Belgian Congo, Africa, October 1942
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-10
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 Catholic mission nursery set up in co-operation with one of the largest industrial centers in the Belgian Congo for the children of the employees. A group of infants are sitting on the ground outside. Two Sisters are standing by the children. One Sister is holding the hand of a child that is standing. A group of people are standing in the background looking at the children.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photograph
Identifier
impa-m64500 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-BelgianCongo-01-002
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64500
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-BelgianCongo-01-002.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Nuns
Infants
Nurseries
General views
Time Period
1942-10
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
MFB/BelgianCongo/01/002 [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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