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Title
Missionary sister and indigenous adults making butter, Congo, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1930
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
A missionary sister and three indigenous adults pose while in the process of making butter with several metal canisters and containers.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "Missien der Zusters van Berlaar. - Missions des Soeurs de Berlaer. - Wadsa (Congo) - Geen ossenboter, hoor! - Oh! le bon beurre!" ("Mission of the Sisters of Berlaer. - Wadsa (Congo) - Oh! good butter!") The back also contains information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 8.5 x 13.75 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13011 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0072
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13011
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0072.jpg
Subject
Food preparation
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/008/0000/0072 [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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