Crowd poses before a tall dome house, Nouméa, New Caledonia, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Crowd poses before a tall dome house, Nouméa, New Caledonia, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: Nouméa, New Caledonia, Oceania
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Les Chefs Canaques avaient jadis des Cases remarquables - (Saint-Louis pres Noumea). ("The Canaque Chiefs at one time had remarkable houses - (Saint-Louis near Noumea).") A group of over fifty adults and children pose in front of a house with a thatched domed roof approximately thirty feet high.
The postcard issued by the "Missions Maristes de Nouvelle-Caledonie," a Catholic missions agency. The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information from the publisher: "Sous-Procure des Missions - 6, Rue de Bagneux, Paris-VIe."
Extent: 9.5 x 13.5 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 10

Access: Public
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