Painted scene from Lifou Island, New Caledonia, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Painted scene from Lifou Island, New Caledonia, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: New Caledonia, Oceania
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains a printed title: "Missions Evangeliques de Paris - Lifou (Iles Loyaute) - Temple de Tapout." ("Evangelical Mission of Paris - Lifou (Loyaute Islands) - Temple of Tapout.") The back also contains information about the printer: "Imprime en Suisse - Roto-Sadag S.A., Geneve.' The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
The postcard is an artistic rendering of two women sitting under a tree with a large white church building in the background,
Extent: 10.5 x 14.25 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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