Family outside a small thatched hut, Katanga, Congo, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Family outside a small thatched hut, Katanga, Congo, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Katanga, Congo, Africa
Description: A family poses outside their straw hut in a grove of banana trees. The woman is holding a jug on her head as the man is standing, holding a stick. One of the children is holding a large stick in a churn.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard contains a handwritten message in French and also contains information about the mission agency: "Missiehuis v.d. H. Geest te Lier en Ingelmunster." "Katanga- Missies der P.P. v.d. H. Geest- Missions des P.P. du St. Esprit " There is also the caption: "Baluba-hut.- Case de Baluba."
Extent: 10 x 14.5 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 20

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