Women pose with missionary sister before going to work, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Women pose with missionary sister before going to work, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard is blank. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
YAOUNDE. - Les Fiancees" se preparent a partir aux plantations" ("The 'Fiancees' prepare to leave to the plantations"). Standing in front of a large building with a shingled roof, a missionary sister poses with a group of over fifty women, many of whom hold farming tools. Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.
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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