<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Children in front of the Temple of the Snake, Ouidah, Benin, ca. 1900-1930</dc:title><dc:date>1900-1930</dc:date><dc:description>Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.</dc:description><dc:description>Ouidah (Dahomey) - Le Temple du Serpent.  ("The Temple of the Snake.")  The postcard contains two separate images.  In the larger picture, seven children stand in front of a long thatched-roof structure that encircles a small grove of trees.  In the smaller picture, two adults hold snakes around their shoulders.  Postcard issued by the "Societe Des Missions Africaines - 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."</dc:description><dc:description>The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains a printed note from the publisher: "Procure des Missions Africaines - 11, rue Crillon, Paris, IVe - Ch. Post. 1816-60 - Pour l'amour du Christ et des Ames, Aider les Missionnaires dans leurs Oeuvres d'Apostolat...C'est etre Missionnaire soi-meme!  Celui qui aide l'Apotre, Recoit la recompense de l'Apotre!" ("For the love of Christ and Hearts, to Aid the Missionaries in their Works of the Apostolate" is to be a Missionary oneself!  That which helps an Apostle, Receives the reward of an Apostle!")</dc:description><dc:format>still image</dc:format></oai_dc:dc>