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Title
A boy next to a large plant at Meixien, China
Creator
McCormick, Fr
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 a boy who is outside standing by a large plant. Fr. McCormick says he "serves my Mass every day and knows it all, even the Confiteor."
Rev. McCormick was born in Scranton, PA. He entered The Venard, Maryknoll's Apostolic College, in 1921, and was ordained in 1931. He was assigned to Kaying that year and returned to the U.S. in 1940. Returning to Kaying in 1945, he was expelled from China in 1951. He spend the rest of his mission career in Taiwan.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 11.7 x 8.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-m6540 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-021-05-0010
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m6540
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-021-05-0010.jpg
Subject
Boys
Religious practice
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
General views
Place
China
Kaying
Source
MKL/China/021/05/0010 [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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