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Title
Missionary sisters teaching children to sew, Cameroon, ca.1920
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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
Two white-clad Catholic missionary sisters teach young girls to sew. The girls sit and stand in small groups before a building with a corrugated roof.
The back of the card is closely covered with handwriting and is stamped and postmarked. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles".
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 11 x 15 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m58658 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0040
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m58658
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-012-0000-0040.jpg
Subject
Children
Handicrafts
Clergy
External views
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
Africa
Cameroon
Source
YDS/RG101/012/0000/0040 [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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