New convert wearing a cross necklace, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: New convert wearing a cross necklace, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Portrait of a man wearing a hat, tattered shirt, and necklace with a crucifix pendant.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "(16) CAMEROUN (A.E.F.) - Nouveau converti de Yaounde" ("New convert of Yaounde") and information about the mission agency "(Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit.) Edite par <>, Revue mensuelle, 30, rue Lhomond, Paris (5e), 10 fr. par an. Ch. post. 1718-45, Paris". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
Extent: 14 x 9 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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