Missionaries with large crowd outside church, Douala, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Missionaries with large crowd outside church, Douala, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Douala, Cameroon, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Missions des P.P. du Saint Esprit - Cameroun - L'arrivee a Douala des premieres Soeurs missionnaires du Saint-Esprit ("The arrival in Douala of the first missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit"). Eight missionary sisters and four priests pose with a large crowd of people in front of a church building.
The back of the postcard is blank, with printed information about the photographer "Phototypie J. Bienaime, Reims" Postcard issued by the Congregation of the Holy Ghost, a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
Extent: 9 x 14 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: Missionary Postcard Collection
Collection/Other Creator: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Collection Date: 1880-1950
Container / Volume: Box 4

Access: Public
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