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Title
Buddhist temple entrance, China, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
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
"Entrata di una Pagoda buddistica in Cina." The entrance to a Buddhist temple is depicted. The caption and following information are printed on the back of the postcard: "Unione Missionaria Francescana. (Decreto Pio X, 1907 – Pio XI, Brev. Apost. 25 Aprile 1922). Scopo generale: diffondere la cognizione e l’amore delle Missioni e promuovere le vocazioni all’apostolato
particolare: venire in aiuto delle 53 Missioni affidate all’ Ordine Francescano e sparse in tutto il mondo, sia colle preghiere, sia colle elemosine. ̶ Membri: Ordinari L. 2,40 all’ anno. ̶ Perpetui L. 50 una volta tanto. Per i Bambini (Piccoli Missionari di S. Antonio) L. 1,20 all’ anno. ̶ Per le iscrizioni e offerte rivolgersi ai Procuratori delle Missioni: Bologna (30) Osservanza - Parma, SS. Nunziata od a qualunque Convento dei Frati Minori." There are several lines handwritten in Italian on the back.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-yds-rg101-042-0000-0148.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-83963
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-yds-rg101-042-0000-0148.jpg
Subject
Buddhism
Temples
Architecture
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Asia
China
Source
IMP/YDS/RG101/042/0000/0148 [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
image/tiff
impa-m980

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