<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Missionary father embarks from village, Africa, ca.1920-1940</dc:title><dc:date>between 1920 and 1940</dc:date><dc:description>“Départ d’un missionnaire pour la brousse.”  Robust porters transport a missionary father and his belongings in a litter, to his mission post in the district.  A group of men carrying vessels on their heads are shown following along.  The inset shows a mother with a child carried in a back sling.  The following information is printed on the back of the postcard:  "Edition Henri Georges, Bruxelles.”  There is no handwriting on the back.  The card is from the series:  “La Croisière Bleue. Sub tuum praesedium confugimus Santa Dei Genitrix.  Record Mondial 37.526 Km.  Paris  ̶  Le Cap  ̶  .”</dc:description><dc:format>still image</dc:format></oai_dc:dc>