Indigenous sisters sewing near a brick house, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Indigenous sisters sewing near a brick house, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Africa
Description: 69. Religieuses noires au travail. ("69 Black sisters at work.") In front of a brick building, four indigenous nuns dressed in white are sewing, two by hand and two by machine. Another indigenous sister stands in the doorway nearby while a European sister stands in the ground-floor window looking out. Postcard issued by "Mission d'Ouagadougou (Hte-Volta)."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard is blank and printed with the following: "Collection de la Mission d'Ouagadougou."
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 7

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