cover image: Head catechist, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

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Head catechist, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

Portrait of a man from the waist up dressed in white wearing a cross pin The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed title: "(25) CAMEROUN (A.E.F) - Chef catechiste. (Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit.)" ("Chief Catechist"), and a printed address for the publisher: "Edite par < < MISSIONS> > . Revue mensuelle. 30, rue Lhomond, Paris (5e), 10 fr. par an. Ch. post. 1718-45, Paris". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
clergy indigenous populations portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12273
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Cameroon
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Cameroon
Reference
impa-m12273 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-004-0000-0003
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/bf9220bd82528693441faf6b190a4a7e

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