"Les soeurs bleues de Castres au Gabon Soeur Saint-Charles et ses clients". A Catholic missionary sister stands holding a young chil.d Around her, numerous women have gathered for the photograph. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Les Soeurs de l'Immaculate Conception de Castres travaillent depuis 1847 en Afrique, a la regeneration de la femme noire au Senegal et au Gabon. Depuis 1904 elles exercent aussi leur zele en Amerique du Sud, au Matto Grosso (Bresil) et un Republique Argentine".
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59041
- Date published
- 1920/1940
- Dates
- 1920/1940
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Gabon
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Gabon
- Reference
- impa-m59041 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-014-0000-0021
- 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/7d04b25cf0c9eb9a1aa374e532e9c77d
