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Title
Two priests in China, Sancian Island, China, ca. 1931
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1931
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 Maryknoll priest Fr. Robert Cairns, MM on the left, posing with another priest in Chinese robes. They stand outside in front of a large building with open porch and smile for the camera. The priest on the right folds his arms in front of him closing the robe. One can see his cassock below the silk Chinese robe. He also wears a small Chinese silk hat. Father Cairns stands with his left arm at the back of his friend.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : b&w
9 x 14.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62902 [Legacy record ID]
MSA-China-05-09-07
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62902
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MSA-China-05-09-07.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Clergy
Portraits
Time Period
circa 1931
Place
Asia
China
inhabited places: Sancian Island
Source
MSA/China/05/09/07 [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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