Missionary sisters with children at a grotto, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
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Description
Title
Missionary sisters with children at a grotto, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created
1920-1940
Publication Place
Cameroon, Africa
Description
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. Six missionary sisters pose with a large group mostly comprised of children. Behind them stands a stone grotto and a statue of the virgin. The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French, along with a printed title "Nouveaux chretiens venus prier a la grotte" ("New Christians come to pray at the the cave"), the name of the mission agency "Mission Catholique du Cameroun francais, Afrique occidentale - Religieuses de la Sainte-Union des Sacres-Coeurs", and the name of the publisher "Ern. Thill, Burxelles".
Extent
9 x 14 cm.
Collection Information
Repository
Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title
Missionary Postcard Collection
Collection / Other Creator
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
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