cover image: Women make mortar, South Africa, Africa, ca.1920-1940

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Women make mortar, South Africa, Africa, ca.1920-1940

Missions du Sud- Afrique- Série IX - "Une fille faisant le mortier, terre et bouse de vache, pour crépir sa maison." ("A girl making mortar, earth and cow dung for plastering her house.") Two women are outside near a house, while one woman kneeling down and working with the substance being used for plaster. The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculée. Oeuvre des Missions O.M.l. - 75. Rue de l'Assomption. - Parie (XVIe). Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculée Revue Mensuelle 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris.
housing women group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m58018
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 8.5 x 13.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m58018 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-009-0000-0047
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/872ce552abb168489e2cfb9f6fd34c50

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