cover image: Catholic father baptizing child, Congo, ca.1920-1940

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Catholic father baptizing child, Congo, ca.1920-1940

Ceremonie de bapteme - Het doopsel onzer negers" A Catholic father stands outdoors, surrounded by a small gathering of people. A white-robed acolyte holds a vessel as a young child is baptized. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Oeuvre des Vocations et des Missions Dominicaines. Roeping-en Missiewerk der EE. PP. Predikheeren." "Mission Dominicaine de L'Uele Oriental. Congo Belte. Dominikaansche Missie in Belgisch Congo.
children religious practice group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m60505
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Congo (Democratic Republic)
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-m60505 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-023-0000-0032
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/1f37b6a39eaa67c69d034aa084662e17

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