Ruins of Capuchin monastery, Angola, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Ruins of Capuchin monastery, Angola, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Congo, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Puinen van de oude Kerk en van 't Klooster der Kapucijnen, te San Salvador, in Kongo. "Ruines de l'ancienne eglise et du couvent des Capucins, a San Salvador, Congo [now Angola]". A drawing is provided of a few fragments of brick wall overgrown with bracken. The ruins are presented as the remains of a Capuchin monastery.
The back of the postcard has a handwritten message. Printed above the correspondence section is "P. REMY Vice-Postulator, 75 Bankstraat, Leuven. - Postch. 1687,90. Voor mededeeling van verkregen gunsten en gilten. "CENTRALE JORIS VAN GEEL", klooster der P. Kapucijnen Herenthals, (Antwerpen) Postch 431904. Voor bestelling PRINTJES POSTKAART-BOEKJES, LEVENSSCHETS, LEVENS-BESCHRIJVING.", with the printing repeated in French below.

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 11

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