Missionary house swarmed by locusts, Dschang, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Missionary house swarmed by locusts, Dschang, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Dschang, Cameroon, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Dschang - Habitation des Missionnaires, sous un nuage de sauterelies ("Dwelling of the Missionaries, under a swarm of locusts "). A two story house sitting on top of a slight hill is surrounded by innumerable locusts, some of which are visible in the foreground of the picture.
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French, along with printed information about the mission agency: "CAMEROUN FRANCAIS - Missions des Pretres du Sacre Coeur de St-Quentin - Procure de la Mission: 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xe)" and with a printed address of the publisher: "Dillen et Cie Heliograv. 23, rue Oudinot - Paris" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
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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