"3. L'Oued M'Zab [M'zab, Oued]. Puits et Troupeau communal." A herd of cattle stands near communal wells. There are palm trees around the cleared area and behind the palm trees are small mountains.
"Missions D'Afrique. 6. Saint-Charles - Au Dispensaire." A missionary helps children and adults outside a dispensary building. The missionary and one child are standing, while the other people sit on a small stone wall. Additional information reads, "Soeurs-Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Soeurs Blanches) Birmandreis (Alger)."
Subject (Geographic):
Algeria
Subject (Topic):
Children; Clergy; Health services; Indigenous populations
"La caravane du Missionnaire - Reseferlige Missionskarawane (Angola)" A missionary priest in a pith helmet stands in from of a thatched roof hut with several porters carrying loads on their heads. Additional luggage is on the ground.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - La ville indigène et sa palmeraie." This aerial view shows an entire city with its mosque towers and city walls. The desert is on one side of the city, and trees are on the other side.
"Interior da Igreja de N. a Sr. a das Victorias - Huambo" An elaborate altar is set behind a railing in a church with a high ceiling, arched windows, and vaulted roof.
"6. Angola Mission de Malange. La Fanfare du Frére Aimé. Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit 30, Rue Lhomond, Paris" A priest holding a trumpet is surrounded by several young men and boys holding instruments.
"Serie IV - Egitto - Canale" 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)" Three wooden boats with masts are pulled up along the side of the canal. A wooden bridge crosses the canal in the background. There are two robed people on the embankment and some men on the boats.
"Missions D'Afrique. Alger. - Vue partielle." Boats are docked in the harbor of this Algerian port city. Buildings of all shapes and sizes are shown near the shore. There is quite a long series of arches along the edge of the harbor where it meets land. Additional information reads, "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. (Soeurs Blanches) Birmandreis (Alger). There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"8 - Maison Carrée (Algérie). Noviciat des Pères Blancs." This large building belongs to the Noviciate of the White Fathers. It is in the shape of a "u" and has a small steeple with a cross on top of it in the middle. In front of the middle of the building is a statue. Leading up to the building is a large garden. There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"4. L'Oued M'Zab [M'zab, Oued] - Palmiers - Oasis." Some camels are walking along a road in an oasis. A person is riding one of the camels and two children walk behind the procession. There are palm trees and other foliage on either side of the road.
"2969 - Rép. Centre Africaine - Bangui - La Cathédrale" A large Western-style church has towers on either side of a center section with peaked roof and arched doors and windows.
"Dahomey [now Benin] - Ouidah - La Cathédrale - De ce côte-ci de la place se trouve le grand temple du Serpent pithon, principal fétiche du pays." A large Western-style church with central tower is portrayed.
"Caconda - En classe - Soeur Indigène. Congrégation de S'Joseph de Cluny, 21 Rue Méchain, Paris" The children are sitting at bench desks looking at books while an indigenous sister and missionary sister look on. There is an easel or blackboard in the front. The class appears to be taking place in the courtyard of a building.
"Angola - Postulante Indigène enseignant la prière. Congrégation de S'Joseph de Cluny, 21 Rue Méchain, Paris" A woman with striped dress and headcovering is kneeling at right with her hands together in prayer. More than twenty children face her in the position of prayer.
"Africa (Eritrea) Missione delle Figlie di S. Anna -Fiori della vita e fiori digiardino - Dalta scuola alla chiesa d'Asmara" Printed on the back of the postcard is: "Figlie di S. Anna - Associazione fondata nel 1866, conta oggi più di 10,000 suore, in Europa, Asia, Africa, America. Fa opera di assistenze cristiana e umniaris in Ospedali, Case di Salue, Ricoveri, Manicomi, Carceri, Lazzaretti, Lebbrosal, ecc. - Si dedica al l'educazione cristiana, morale e civile in Asili d'Infanzia, Laboratori, Collegi, Pensionati, Instituti di Ciechi, Sordomuti, ecc. - Ha Misisnoi in Palestina, Eritrea e nell'America Meridionale. La Casa Generilizia in Roma 'Collegio Internazionale per le Missioni' Via Merulana 177" Young girls in white dresses and flowered head wreaths are carrying baskets as they march down a field. They are accompanied by a missionary sister as a crowd including priests and soldiers looks on.
"Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon. Dahomey [now Benin] - Eglise d'Athiémé." The congregation is standing in front of a Western-style church with a tall cross-topped tower in front.
"Bobo Dioulasso - Haute Vola (A.O.F.) [Burkina Faso] No. 1 - L'Eglise" A rectangular building made of brick or stone has dual stairways meeting under an arched window and an arched door on ground level.
