Missionary father and others standing on and around a termite mound, Libya, ca. 1950

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Title: Missionary father and others standing on and around a termite mound, Libya, ca. 1950
Published / Created: 1950
Publication Place: Libya, Africa
Description: Africa Cristiana Serie I - Flora e Fauna "6 - Nido di formiche termite". This color postcard shows a missionary father stands next to a large mud termite mound three times as tall as a man. Standing on and around the mound are a dozen other people.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard has a postmark and handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Questi alpinisti intrepidi e arditi Hanno scanato un.. nido di termiti! Ma son contenti non d'aver scalato, Bensi delle formiche che han mangiato!" "L'Istituto Missioni Africane accoglie Giovani Studenti e Fratelli Catechisti desiderosi di consacrarsi all'Opera delle Missioni in Africa."

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 15

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