Tree-lined road leading to a stone church at Balade, New Caledonia, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Tree-lined road leading to a stone church at Balade, New Caledonia, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: New Caledonia, Oceania
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The postcard was 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."
Une Eglise se dresse aujourd'hui a cet emplacement (Balade). ("A Church stands today at this site (Balade).") A missionary father and a number of other adults stand in front of a stone church on the top of a hill. Ten indigenous children and a man on horseback congregate on the tree-lined road leading to the church.
Extent: 9.5 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 10

Access: Public
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