"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.
"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 we...
"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.
"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.
"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...
"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 perform...
"Congrégtion des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Vénissieux (Rhône). Le déjeuner des Internes à Porto-Novo (Dahomey) [now Benin]"
"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 ...
"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.
"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)
"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
"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. Th...
"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.
"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 chur...
"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.
"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...
"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...
"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 Miss...