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Title
Clergy celebrating mass outdoors, Kafubu, 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
8.- La Kafubu- Messa e predica all' aperto." A missionary priest is celebrating an outdoor mass. The members of the crowd are all kneeling on the ground facing the priest. There are a number of thatched huts in the distance. The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missioni Salasiane del Congo Belga- Serie. I."
The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Colla vostra carita abbiamo stabilite le Missioni sino agli ultimi confini della terra. Sac. Giovanni Bosco" and there is also information about the publisher: "Societa Editrice Internazionale- Torino
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m14505 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-020-0000-0008
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14505
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-020-0000-0008.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Religious practice
Rural areas
General views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Africa
Congo, (Democratic Republic)
Source
YDS/RG101/020/0000/0008 [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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