"8. Missions Africaines de Lyon - 1950, Cours Gambetta, Lyon - Dahomey [now Benin] - Les petits choristes de Porto-Novo" Six young people with lace-decorated tops and skirts pose for the camera.
"Dahomey [now Benin] - Jeunes filles chrétiennes. Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres - Vénissieux (Rhône)" About twenty young girls, most in native dress, pose for the camera.
"Caconda - Au lavage. Congrégation de S'Joseph de Cluny, 21 Rue Méchain, Paris" Four women are using basins and the water of a river or lake to wash clothes. A missionary sister looks on in the background.
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Afrique Equatoriale - Femmes noires se rendant au travail." Six women walk to work down a dirt road. They are wearing simple clothes and have shaved their heads. One is carrying a basket and the others carry sticks. There is a thatched-roof building next to them.
"Kabylie. Le dispensaire aux Ouad'hias." A woman pours something into the hands of another woman. The other woman is sitting on a donkey. There are other women and children gathered around in the doorway of this clinic. This postcard was printed in Brussels, Belgium.
"Mahalla (Egypte) - Le Dispensaire. Congrégation des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Vénissieux (Rhône). A large group of primarily women and children is gathered in front of a brick building. The women wear robes and headcoverings. A missionary sister stands behind a table that holds various bottles.
"18. Ghardaia [Ghardaïa] - Rue des Légumes." Men and women walk down a street. On one side of the street a women sits and sells vegetables that look like pumpkins. Some cloth is strung over the street between the buildings that rise up on either side. The street is made of dirt.
Subject (Geographic):
Ghardaïa (Algeria)
Subject (Topic):
Food; Indigenous populations; Roads; Urban areas; Women
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Femme de chef indigène." The chief's wife poses for the camera in profile. She is wearing a lot of jewelry, a headdress, and traditional clothes.
"Serie III - Egitto - Mercato di villagio" 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)" Women in dark robes sit on the ground with baskets in front of them as a large crowd mingles at the outdoor market. Mud brick buildings and palm trees are seen in the background.
"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)."
"Missions d'Afrique. En Pirogue sur le Lac" Two missionary sisters are being rowed in a long wooden boat across a lake. Several men are in the boat and two other boats are visible. On the back of the postcard is printed "Soeurs Missionnaires de N.-D. d'Afrique, Birmandreis Alger. Soeurs Blanche du Cardinal Lavigerie"
"2. Les Mehara - Selles au pommeau touareg à la croix appelées R'Halâas." A man sits on the ground next to another man who is holding the ropes attached to two camels. The man with the ropes is playing a wind instrument. The camels have large saddles on them. The men and camels are in the middle of the desert.
"13. Ghardaïa. Vue générale prise du Barrage de Mélika." A man and a boy sit on rocks on a mountain, overlooking the desert, a garden, and a city below. The man wears a hat. The tower of the mosque in the town is in clear view.
Subject (Geographic):
Ghardaïa (Algeria)
Subject (Topic):
Indigenous populations; Mosques; Mountains; Urban areas
"Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]. 8. - A roofed street." Two girls are depicted in a covered street. One is sitting on the ground and another leans against the right-hand wall. The street itself has stone steps and the walls and roof are also made of stone. Additional information indicates that this postcard was produced by the Missions of the White Fathers in Bonnelles, France.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - La ville nouvelle et ses jardins." This aerial view shows a town and its gardens. The gardens are central, and town buildings stand on either side of them. There is a truck on the lefthand side and some people walking in the gardens. There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - Un jeu favori : le domino." Three boys sit cross-legged on the ground and play dominoes. There is a stone wall behind them. They are all wearing turbans. There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Afrique Equatoriale - Une Eglise à l'Ouganda." The congregation kneels in a church during a service. They are all facing the altar. The altar is ornate, but the roof is simple and made of wood.
"Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon. Dahomey [now Benin] - Temple des serpents à Ouidah." A long low building with thatched roof is shown amidst some trees. Several men stand in front.
"Angola - Leçon de Catéchisme dans un Village paien. Congrégation de St. Joseph de Cluny, 21 Rue Méchain, Paris" A European missionary sister sits before a group of natives explaining a large poster of Christ carrying his cross while an indigenous missionary sister looks on.
"6. Ecole des Pères Blancs de Ghardaïa. Mozabites arabes et nègres." Students and missionaries gather together outside the School of the White Fathers in Ghardaïa. There are both Mozabite Arabs and Africans in the group of students.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - Le bordj Chandez." This aerial view of a small town shows a large buidling with two slightly smaller outlying buidlings. There are gardens between to the two smaller buidlings. In the background there are much smaller homes among trees. It looks like this town is in the middle of the desert.
"Eritrea - Scuola d'Arti e Mestieri 'S. Michele' a Saganeiti (62)" Printed on the back of the postcard is: Vi si insegnano le lingue italiana, tigrigna e america, geografia, aritmetica, dattilografia, fotografia ed I mestieri del sarto, del sellato, del falegname e del fabbro meccanico." A large Western-style school is made of brick and stone.
"Africa (Eritrea) Missione delle Figlie di S. Anna - Il Saluto della Scuola d'Asmara al tricolore." 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" A group of girls in white uniforms are making a straight-arm salute to the flags hanging from the front of the Scuola re Vittorio Emanuele II.
"1, Bénin - Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur à Abéokuta. Missions Africaines, 150 Cours Gambetta, Lyon" [now Nigeria] A large building made of brick or stone has arched windows and flat roofs on various levels.
"Missions Des Pères Blancs - Bobo Dioulasso - Village de Koro sur les rochers" A man and three boys are sitting and standing on a hillside of large striated boulders.
"Missions d'Afrique - Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie. Type mutwa (pygmée)." A pygmy man poses for the camera in traditional attire. He is sitting on a chair. He has a necklace with hair on it and he is holding a stick and a bow. This postcard was printed in Lille, Belgium.
"Eritrea - Pellegrini in viaggio per la Mecca (132)" Printed on the back of the postcard is: "Il pellegrinaggio alla Mecca costituisce per coloro che lo compiono altre che il compito di un dovere religious, anche un titolo d'onore e di privilegio." Men wearing robes and caps and carrying long stick stand posing for the camera. Three young boys are seated in front of the men. A woman sits atop a camel in the background.
"12. Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]. Vue générale et Place du Marché." This aerial view shows men, women, and children in the marketplace. The twon is laid out on a slight hill behind the marketplace. Some people are walking into the town down the main street. The tower of the mosque is clearly visible.
"In de Kasbah te Algiers." Men and women walk down a street in the Kasbah region of the city of Algiers. The narrow street has steps in it and there are tall buidlings on either side.
"16. Beni-Isguen - Minaret et Tour." Men, women, and children are gathered together in front of some stone structures. Two men are riding camels. One of them holds a rifle. In the distance is the tower of a mosque. They are in the desert.
"Africa (Eritrea) Missione delle Figlie di S. Anna -Un gruppo d'Orfanelli di Cheren [Keren]." 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" Approximately twenty young children are kneeling in front of an enclosed area that has a statue of a saint in a niche. A missionary sister looks on.
"Campement de Nomades" Three tents are set on flat ground with several people and dogs around them. Printed on the back of the postcard is "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Soeurs Blanches) Birmandreis (Alger)"
"Soeurs Missionnaires De Notre-Dame D'Afrique. Soeurs Blanches Du Cardinal La Vigerie. Noviciat et Maison Mère à St-Charles par Birmandreïs-Alger." Gardens and fields surround the motherhouse and novitiate of the White Sisters. Their buidling is quite large, with many layers. There are smaller outlying buidlings around the main complex. There is a small map of the area printed on the back of this postcard.
"Eritrea - Costume delle madri abissine (98)" Printed on the back of the postcard is: " I bimbi sono portali anzichè in braccio, in una specie di sacco di pelle guarnito di conchigliete, portato sui dorso dalle madri e dove passano tutta la giornata." A young Abyssinian woman is carrying her infant is decorated sling on her back.
"Maison-Carrée (Algerie). Maison-Mère des Pères Blancs." There is a beautiful garden in front of the Mother House of the White Fathers. A man stands in the middle of the garden. The central part of the buidling is a church with a steeple. There is a cross on top of the steeple. The building then forms a "u" shape around the viewer. This postcard has been colorized. There is a handwritten note on the back of the card.
"1. En tournée chez les Kabyles." A male missionary speaks with women and children in front of a stone house. There is a garden off to the side. Some of the children sit with the missionary and others stand in the doorway of the house. Additional information directs donations to Lyon and Paris, France.
"Algérie - Biskra [Beskra] Bab-el-Darb. Scène d'Intérieur." A missionary stands with four girls. Three of the girls are also standing and one is sitting on the ground. They are gathered in a doorway. There are bowls and jugs in their hands and on the ground.
"Mission D'Afrique. La leçon de couture." A missionary teaches girls how to sew. Most of the girls are sitting on benches on either side of the missionary. One girl is working with the missionary one-on-one. Additional information reads "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Soerus Blanches). St-Charles par Birmandreis (Alger)."
"Kabylie - Taguemount-Azouz. Leçon de lecture." A missionary is teaching some children how to read. The missionary is sitting on a chair. Some of the children are standing next to her, and some are sitting on the ground at her feet. There are trees behind them. This postcard was printed in Brussels, Belgium.
"3. Algérie - Witte Zusters op ziekenbezoek bij de Muzulmannen. Soeurs Blanches en visite dans une famille musulmane" Four missionary sisters stand with a group of children in front of a thatched-roof house.
"Malgré le zèle des Missionnaires, leurs efforts ne produiront jamais de fruits suffisants si'ls ne sont aidés par des femmes apôtres qui, seuls, peuvent approcher librement des femmes infidèles et leur faire comprendre leur profond abaissement par le spectacle de la hauteur morale à laquelle la femme chrétienne est parvenue. Le Cardinal Lavigierie" A missionary sister is surrounded by small children. Printed on the back of the postcard is "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Soeurs Blanches) St. Charles par Birmandreis (Alger)
"Missions D'Afrique - Catéchisme aux Vieilles" An indigenous missionary sister is teaching the catechism to a small group of children and mothers on the ground in front of a mud building. On the back of the postcard is printed "Soeurs Missionnaires de N.-D. d'Afrique - Saint-Charles, par Birmandreis (Alger)
"Missions D'Afrique. 15. Chilubula [Chilubula Mission] - La Leçon De Catéchisme." A female missionary teaches a group of children their catechism lesson. The children are sitting on the ground and the missionary is standing next to them. An older aide is standing near the missionary. Additional information reads, "Soeurs-Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Soeurs Blanches). Birmandreis (Alger)."
"Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]. Maison des Pères Blancs et la Ville." The missionary building of the White Fathers is shown in the foreground. Behind the building is the rest of the city, since this building is at the very edge of the city walls. There are hills surrounding the city.
"8. Atelier de Broderie sur Cuir Dessins berbères de Ghardaïa." A male missionary works with a group of men on leather embroidery designs. There are various designs on pieces of leather and cloth around them.
"Afrique Equatoriale - En tournée apostolique. Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger)." Children sit around two female missionaries. The missionaries are preaching and teaching the children. Some adults stand off to the side with a horse. There are thatched-roof homes behind the people in the foreground.
"Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]. Atelier de Tissage de Tapis chez les Soeurs Blanches." Children sit on the floor of a carpet-weaving mill as they work on the looms. Female missionaries stand among the children.
"Mission D'Afrique. Excursion dans le désert." Missionaries and indigenous people are gathered around two camels. There are people sitting on the camels. The whole group is travelling through the desert. Additional information reads, "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique (Soeurs Blanches). St-Charles par Birmandreis (Alger)."
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Afrique Equatoriale - Caravane en marche." Missionaries together with indigenous people walk along a mountain road in a caravan. Many of the people carry packages on their heads and use walking sticks. Most of the people are in the distance, but three young men and two missionaries are prominently displayed in the front of the line.
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Afrique Equatoriale - Caravane en marche." Missionaries together with indigenous people walk along a mountain road in a caravan. Many of the people carry packages on their heads and use walking sticks. Most of the people are in the distance, but three young men and two missionaries are prominently displayed in the front of the line.
"10. Bénin - Mission de Stupaji. Missions Africaines, 150 Cours Gambetta, Lyon" Two missionary fathers and a few natives are standing in front of two large thatched roof buildings.
"Missions Des Pères Blancs. Le Réduit en pisé où fut pris traitreusement et mis à mort le Père de Foucauld le 1er Décembre 1916, à l'amanrasset." A few men stand outside a large building made of concrete and stone. The building is presumably a church because it has a cross on top of it. There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
"Stadshoekie uit Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]." Two men lean against a building on a street corner. A woman walks down the street, away from the men. The street is very narrow and there is a large tower that rises in the background.
"Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. Saint-Charles Birmandreis (Alger). Sur le Tanganika [Tanganyika]." Men row long boats in Lake Tanganyika. Some of them are wearing hats. A boat in the distance has a pole for a sail, but no sail. There is also part of an empty boat in the view.
"14. Mélika - Vue générale et Puits à délou." A man uses a donkey to bring up water from a well. There is a large palm tree next to the well. Behind him there is a town on a hill. The tower of the mosque in town is clearly visible in the distance.
Subject (Geographic):
Ghardaïa (Algeria)
Subject (Topic):
Animals; Indigenous populations; Mosques; Trees; Water supply
"La Prière au Désert" A robed man in bent low in prayer in the midst of a desert, with his camel waiting behind him. Printed on the back of the postcard is "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d-Afrique (Soeurs Blanches) Birmandreis (Alger)
"Mission d'Ouagadougou (Hte. Volta) [Burkina Faso] 6. Tambourinier" A man wearing a straw skirt is playing a round drum that appears to be made from a gourd or calabash.
"19. Ghardaia [Ghardaïa]. Quand le puits a de l'eau c'est la vie au M'Zab." A camel is attached to a well mechanism with ropes. A man is directing the camel away from the well so that he pulls on the ropes and brings water up from the bottom of the well. The man is wearing a large hat.
"Congrégtion des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Vénissieux (Rhône). Le déjeuner des Internes à Porto-Novo (Dahomey) [now Benin]"
"Missions D'Afrique. "Maison Mère des Soeurs Missionnaires de N.-D. d'Afrique - Cérémonie de véture det de profession" A large group of missionary sisters are in the congregation of a church with numerous priests in robes in front of the altar performing the investiture and profession ceremony. Printed on the back of the postcard is "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre Dame (Soeurs Blanches) Birmandreis (Alger)
"Missions d'Afrique. "Maison Mère des Soeurs Missionnaires de N-D d'Afrique - Interieur de la Chapelle" The interior of a church with a high arched ceiling is shown facing the altar. "On the back of the postcard is printed "Soeurs Missionnaires de N-D. d'Afrique. Birmandreis (Alger) Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie"
"Missão Catolica do Bailundo (Angola)" Native men are sitting on bench desks facing the front of what appears to be a school room. Three teachers are in the front.
"Angola - Congrégation des Soeurs indigènes dirigée par les Soeurs de Sait [Saint]-Joseph de Cluny" Eleven indigenous sisters and two missionary sisters are posed in an outdoor setting with a statue of Mary in the background.
"Le R.P. Charles de Foucauld Ermite au Sahara. Massacré à Tamanrasset (Hoggar), par les Senoussis fanatiques, le Ier Décembre 1916." The hermit Charles De Foucauld stands beside a building, looking off into the distance. He is dressed plainly and wears a cross around his neck.
"Catete Missão Americana" A large group of natives, with three missionaries in the back, is posed in front of a building with a thatched and metal roof, possibly the church.
"Séminaire, 4, Rue Driant, Eckmühl. - Oran (Algérie). - Cour du Grand Séminaire." The Grand Seminary building rises behind a courtyard full of trees and a fountain. Part of the roof is not shingled, but instead has a fence so that it may be used as a porch.
"Angola. Filant la toile pour la Mission. Congrégation de Saint Joseph de Cluny, 21, Rue Méchain, Paris" Two nuns and several young women are using hand-held sticks to spin fibers into thread.
"Agoué (Dahomey) [now Benin] - Jeunes filles noires faisant la dentelle au fuseau. Congrégation des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Vénissieux (Rhône)" Four young girls are making lace with a bobbin as a missionary sister looks on and sews lace together.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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."
"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.
"7. Bénin - Eglise d'Eruku. Missions Africaines, 150 Cours Gambetta, Lyon" Approximately thirty men and women are posed in front of a building that has an irregularly shaped thatched roof and a cross on top. A missionary father with pith helmet stands in the back row.
"2. Bénin - Eglise d'Ikiré - Jour de Confirmation. Missions Africaines, 150 Cours Gambetta, Lyon" A congregation of approximatelyl forty people stands in front of a rectangular building with a thatched roof. Two missionary fathers stand in front of the group
"Collège Saint-Marc - Alexandrie (Egypte). -7. Salle des Professeurs" The staff room in the Collège Saint Marc contains many individual wooden desks with lamps and chairs. It is a spacious room with high ceilings.
"Dahomey [now Benin] - Temple des serpents à Ouidah" Printed on the back is "No. 3 - Verlag der Kathol. Mission in Lome" The temple is a long low building with thatched roof. Thatched round huts are connected by rooms with lower roofs.
"Mission Des Pères Blancs. - Ouargla [Wargla]. - Panorama de la ville indigène." There are very few buildings with roofs in this city. A few buildings have domes, but the others appear to be open to the air. It is an old city in need of repair. All of the walls are made of stone. A few palm trees are scattered through the streets.
"Colonies Françaises. Dahomey [now Benin] - Eglise de Porto-Novo" A few people are sitting on the front steps of a Western-style church that hascross-topped pointed façade and a round window above an arched door.
"5. Bénin - Eglise d'Idjébu Odé. Missions Africaines, 150 Cours Gambetta, Lyon" A Western-style church with a bell tower is show with a few people seated in front of it. A two-storey building with porches is in the background.
"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.
"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.