Missionary fathers at a plantation, Bonoua, Ivory Coast, ca. 1900-1930

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Description

Title
Missionary fathers at a plantation, Bonoua, Ivory Coast, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created
1900-1930
Publication Place
Bonoua, Ivory Coast, Africa
Description
15. COTE d'IVOIRE - Plantation de Bonoua. ("IVORY COAST - Plantation of Bonoua.") Two missionary fathers dressed in white along with four indigenous boys sit on the roots of a very large tree in the midst of other trees and vegetation. 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 Mee Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon." The back also contains information from the mission agency: "L'APPEL DE L'AFRIQUE - La Societe des Missions Africaines, fondee a Lyon en 1856, evangelise tout le littoral du Golfe de guinee: Liberia, Cote d'Ivorie, Cote de l'Or, togo, Dahomey, Nigeria. - ...soit un territoire plus vaste que deux fois la France, avec une population de 25 millions d'ames. - ...Pour aider nos missionnaires dans leur immense tache - ...pour soutenir leurs oeuvres sociales: leproseries, dispensaires...et leurs ecoles (environ 300,000 ecoliers Africains...) - ...pour contribuer a sauver l'Afrique. - Vous pouvez adresser vos offrandes a l'adresse suivante: Missions Africaines Baudonne-TARNOS (Landes) - D'avance MERCI C.C.P. 345.19 Bx." ("The CALL OF AFRICA - the Company of the African Missions, founded at Lyon in 1856, evangelises all the coast of the Gulf of Guinea: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Togo, Dahomey, Nigeria. -... it is a territory twice the size of France, with a population of 25 million hearts. -... to help our missionaries in their immense task -... to support their social works: leper-houses, dispensaries... and their schools (approximately 300,000 African schoolboys...) -... to contribute to save Africa. - You can address your offerings to the following address: African missions Baudonne-TARNOS (Landes)- In advance THANK YOU C.C.P. 345.19 Bx.")
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
Collection Date
1880-1950
Container / Volume
Box 6

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
group portraits (AAT)
photographic postcards (AAT)
photographs (AAT)
Resource Type
Prints & Photographs

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Object ID (OID)
11437236

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