Seated missionary father with large group of Dahomeans, Abomey-Calavi, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Seated missionary father with large group of Dahomeans, Abomey-Calavi, Benin, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: Abomey-Calavi, Benin, Africa
Description: 12. DAHOMEY - Calavi - En station secondaire ("?") A seated missionary father poses with a group of over sixty Dahomean women, men, and children in front of a long thatched-roof building. Most of the people on the father's right are in white, those on his left wear darker colors. Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon."
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 6

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