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Man carries Fr. Lavin across the river at Luoding, China, 1936

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Title: Man carries Fr. Lavin across the river at Luoding, China, 1936
Creator: Kennelly, Fr
Date Created and/or Issued: 1936-10
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: Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description: This is a photograph of "Mr. Joseph Lau, one of our catechists, carrying Father Lavin across the stream."
Born in Massachusetts, Fr. Lavin came to Maryknoll in 1924 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1932. He was assigned to Kongmoon, South China that same year. He was taken by the communists but released in 1953. In 1954 he was assigned to Hawaii and also did promotion work in the United States including work in the Chicago, Illinois Chinese mission.
Type: image
Format: Photographic prints, 8.8 x 6.1 cm.
Identifier: impa-m3920 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-005-10-0010
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3920
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-005-10-0010.jpg
Subject: Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Clergy
Transportation
General views
Time Period: 1936-10
Place: China
Luoding
Source: MKL/China/005/10/0010 [File]
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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