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Title
Missionary sisters treat leprous men on Makogai island, Fiji, 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
L'ile des Lepreux (Makogai), Soeurs en tournee de pansements. - Archipel des Fidji." ("The island of the Leprous (Makogai), Sisters making rounds with bandages. - Archipelago of Fiji.") A missionary sister stands with sixteen indigenous men in front of a large building near the ocean. Another missionary sister sits on a horse nearby.
The postcard was issued by "Missions des Peres Maristes en Oceanie," a Catholic mission agency. The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information from the publisher: "Sous-Procure des Missions - 6, Rue de Bagneux, Paris-VIe.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9.25 x 14 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13094 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-010-0000-0007
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13094
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-010-0000-0007.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Medical treatment
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1930
Place
Fiji
Oceania
Source
YDS/RG101/010/0000/0007 [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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