“Monseigneur Grandin et ses boys scouts, Ubangui Chéri [Ubangui-Shari].” Bishop Grandin and two missionary fathers pose with a troupe of Boy Scouts in uniform. 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 ̶ .”
A clergy is sitting outside posed with a group of male children. They are standing near a thatched roof building made of sticks and branches., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Missions des RR. PP. Redemptoristes- Missien der EE. PP. Redemptoristen" There is also the caption: "7 - Kimpangu - Maison des enfants. Huis der kinderen" ("House of children")
29. La Confirmation. - Kisantu - Het Vormsel. ("The Confirmation") A male clergy poses outside a chapel with his confirmation class., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Mission du Kwango. Kwango- Missie."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "YULE - Jubile episcopal de Mgr. de Boismenu - Mgr. Boismenu's episcopal jubilee." The back also contains information about the publisher: "Missionnaires du Sacre-Coeur d'Issoudun. -- PAPOUASIE - NOUVELLE-GUINEE (Oceanie) -- Sacred Heart Fathers - Papua." The Sacred Heart Fathers were a Catholic missions agency., and Three bishops pose with over twenty missionary fathers, who stand behind them, and eleven indigenous men and boys, who sit in front of them.
Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 224
Image Count:
15
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Slide numbers 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191. Image set number LVIIc. Several portraits include Cleveland with her paintings "Harlem Scene," "Model" (also known as "Portrait of a Negro NY") and "Self-Por
Description:
Stamped on verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten.
Subject (Topic):
African American artists and African American women.