Place de village, a Bougainville - Archipel des Salomon." ("Place of a village, at Bougainville - Archipelago of Solomon.") Four missionary fathers and twenty-eight indigenous men and boys pose between two rows of thatched-roof houses. Postcard issued by "Missions des Peres Maristes en Oceanie," a Catholic missionary order. The back of the postcard is blank and contains information from the publisher: "Sous-Procure des Missions - 6, Rue de Bagneux, Paris VIe.
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