Missionary sister sitting with orphans, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Missionary sister sitting with orphans, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa
Description: A seated missionary sister holds an orphan baby while posing with sixteen other orphan children who sit or lie on the ground. Another woman sits at the opposite end of the image also holding an orphan child.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "(22) Creche Des Soeurs Du Saint-Esprit A Yaounde (Cameroun)" ("Crib Of the Sisters Of Holy Spirit in Yaounde") and information about the mission agency "Edite par <>, Revue mensuelle, 30, rue Lhomond, Paris (5e), 10 fr. par an. Ch. post. 1718-45, Paris". Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's 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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