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Title
Two emaciated children standing on a plain, South Africa, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 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
Les petits affames du Pere Paquet a Bethel."
The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Poids des petits affames: 6 ans - 15 lbs. 9 ans - 23 lbs." "Voici les victimes de la terrible famine qui vient de nous frammer au Basutoland. Des milliers et des milliers d'enfants sont a peu pres dans le meme cas qu'eux. En face de tant de misere je sais que chacun de vous se dira. Je veux moi aussi faire ma part pour empecher ces pauvres petits de mourir de faim. Et notre Seigneur vous dira comme autrefois : "Toutes les fois que vous l'avez fait a l'un de ces petits, c'est a moi que vous l'avez fait" (Matt 25,40)" "Envoyes vos aumones: R. P. Paquet, O. M. I. Mission de Bethel Post Office Quthing Basutoland (South Africa)
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m61013 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-017-0000-0058
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m61013
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-017-0000-0058.jpg
Subject
Hunger
Children
Group portrait
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Africa
South Africa
Source
YDS/RG101/017/0000/0058 [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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