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Title
Sisters praying at the convent at Jiangmen, China, 1947
Date Created and/or Issued
1947-06
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
This is a photograph of "In between times the Sisters slip into their bare little chapel and pray --for benefactors of course. So far they haven't been able to replace candlesticks, vases, etc. swiped by .... Two water tumblers filled with peanut oil serve as candles."
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 8.4 x 6.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-m4782 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-010-02-0009
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m4782
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-010-02-0009.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Women
Religious practice
Interior views
Time Period
1947-06
Place
China
Jiangmen
Source
MKL/China/010/02/0009 [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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