"Le P. Borghero des Missions Africaines de Lyon, premier missionarie au Dahomey [now Benin] est reçu par le roi Gléglé. Exposition Coloniale 1931 - Section des Missions Africaines - 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon" The exhibit portrays a missionary priest being received by a king sitting on a throne with attendants surrounding him. The sign describing the exhibit is visible.
"Exposition Coloniale 1931 - Section des Missions Africaines - 150 Cours Gambetta, Lyon - Reconstitution d'une leçon de catéchisme au Dahomey [now Benin]" The exhibit portrays several natives being taught by a missionary priest. A thatched roof building is in the background."
"Missão Catolica do Bailundo (Angola)" A man appears to be cutting up an animal with a knife while members of a family look on, kneeling and standing in front of a hut with thatched roof. There is a large pot and some firewood in the foreground.
"Series III - Egitto - Villaggio di contadini" On the back of the postcard is printed: "A beneficio dell' Associazione Nazionale per soccorrer I Missionari italiani (riconosciuta in Ente Morale - Segretariato Generale: Torino , Via Accademia delle Scienze)" A series of flat roofed mud brick dwellings are set close to a river. Some animals, people and piles of firewood are in front of the huts.
"No 26 - Missions des Pères Blancs - Sahara. Le Père de Foucauld dans I intérieur de son réduit en pisé â Tamanrasset." Father Foucauld is sitting outside a small adobe house. He is sitting on a short round wall in front of the building. Some steps lead up to the roof of the building in the background.
"Benguella [Benguela]. Escola-régia - A primeira Communhão em 1908." A large group of children poses for the camera with a hut on a tall platform in the background. The girls wear white dresses and headcoverings.
"En Kabylie. - In Kabijlenland." A girl leans against a rock outside as she poses for the camera. She is wearing traditional clothes. There is a handwritten note on the front of this postcard, and an address on the back.
"6. Le premier signe de la croix d'une petite Angolaise" A missionary priest is sitting on a chair showing a small girl how to hold her hands to make the sign of the cross. A thatched-roof hut is in the background.
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Afrique Equatoriale - Un petit dégourdi." A girl poses for the camera. She is smiling and holding a stick in both her hands. There are trees behind her.