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Title
Young girls gathered outdoors on their day of baptism, Congo, ca.1920-1940
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
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
A number of young girls are shown standing outdoors before a thatch-roofed building, each wearing a dress and an amulet. The back of the postcard has a few lines of handwriting on it, and printed on it is "10. Les filleules de marraines belges au jour de leur bapteme. Mission des Soerus de l'Union au S. C. Gingungi a/Lukula, Kwango. Maison-mere a Hougaerde, pres Tirlemont."
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m69598 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-035-0000-0162
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m69598
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-035-0000-0162.jpg
Subject
Children
Religious practice
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/035/0000/0162 [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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