cover image: Priest posing with large group of children, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

Priest posing with large group of children, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

"Madagascar - Le Missionnaire entoure des Enfants du village" ("?") A group of over fifty Madagascan children pose around a man wearing a white hat, most likely a missionary or an indigenous priest. In the background the houses of the village are visible. Postcard issued by the "Missions des Lazaristes." The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Les Missions des Lazaristes et des Filles de la Charite - Organe mensuel - de l'Oeuvre du Bienheureux Jean-Gabriel Perboyre - en faveur des missions les plus necessiteuses - Un an : France, 10 fr. - Etranger 15 fr. - Adresser les offrandes a M le Directeur de l'Oeuvre du Bx Perboyre - 95 Rue de Severes - Paris (6e) - Cheque Post. no 285 88." ("Missions of Lazaristes and the Girls of Charity - monthly Body - Work of the Blessed Jean-Gabriel Perboyre - in favour of the neediest missions - One year: France, 10 FR. - Foreigner 15 FR. - Address the offerings to M the Director of the Work of Bx Perboyre - 95 Rue de Severes - Paris (6e) - Post Cheque. No 285 88.")
children clergy indigenous populations group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12587
Date published
1900/1930
Dates
1900/1930
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 8.75 x 13.75 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Madagascar
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Madagascar
Reference
impa-m12587 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-005-0000-0116
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/c1a3e3247e648af95eb48e21edfaecb8

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