Indigenous priest flanked by acolytes, Niger, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Indigenous priest flanked by acolytes, Niger, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Niger, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Missions Africaines, 150, cours Gambetta, Lyon "Niger - Premier pretre indigene du Vicariat." An indigenous Catholic priest stands outdoors, hands clasped. Two acolytes in similar poses flank him on either side.
The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Phototypie Lescuyer, 16, r. Remparts d'Ainay, Lyon."

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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