17. COTE d'IVOIRE - A la Ferme." ("IVORY COAST - At the farm.") Two missionary fathers kneel on the ground in the midst of a flat open field, perhaps having recenly been cleared. Behind them stand four indigenous adults, two of whom hold long wooden poles and one of whom holds an umbrella. Near them on the ground is a little boy. Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon." The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mee Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
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