cover image: Man and his donkey on the road, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

Man and his donkey on the road, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

"9. Un Houassa avec son ane" ("An Houassa with his ass"). A man with hat and staff stands on the road next to his donkey which is loaded with two side baskets. In the background a man stands holding the reigns of a horse. Postcard issued by Mission des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin. The back of the postcard is blank with printed information about the mission agency: "Procure de la Mission du Cameroun: 214, Rue Lafayette, Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Edit. M. Brochard. 81, quai Fosse - Nantes" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
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Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12310
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 8.75 x 13.75 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Cameroon
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Cameroon
Reference
impa-m12310 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-004-0000-0040
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/65d952b790bdb211a7fd08e4f3429a78

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