cover image: Missionary sister and children with handicrafts, South Africa, ca.1920-1940

Missionary sister and children with handicrafts, South Africa, ca.1920-1940

A Catholic missionary sister is seated outdoors with several rows of children in Western clothing. All hold small objects of stick and twine in hand. The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Ursuline Convent Simon's Town Cape Prov. (South Africa)" "Mere M. Baptista apprenant aux enfants a confectionner de petits objets avec une espece de paille du Cap. Voyez, les garcons l'attachent a leurs doitgs de pieds."
children handicrafts group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m61142
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-m61142 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-017-0000-0104
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/6b3df6f71f42b04257b7bf7e3e59cfda

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