cover image: Missionary father sitting with candle-bearing children, South Africa, ca.1920-1940

Missionary father sitting with candle-bearing children, South Africa, ca.1920-1940

Missions du Sud-Afrique - Serie IV - Le soir d'un beau jour (Basutoland)." A Catholic missionary father is seated before a brick building. Surrounding him is a small crowd of young children, the girls in white dresses and the boys wearing black. Most carry large candles in hand. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculee" "Oeuvre des Missions O. M. I. - 75 Rue de l'Assumption - Paris (XVIc), Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculee, Revue Mensuelle 10 fr. C. C. 99-99, Paris.
children clergy group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m61072
Date published
circa 1920/1940
Dates
circa 1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m61072 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-017-0000-0087
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/d38714acd1ec4769815da751a257b78e

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