"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)
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"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
"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)"
"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"
"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)