cover image: Young orphans outside in a wicker basket, Congo, ca.1920-1940

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Young orphans outside in a wicker basket, Congo, ca.1920-1940

Seven young orphans are shown outside. Five of them are standing in a rectangular wicker basket. In the background, a large brick building can be seen. The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Congregation des Filles de la Croix de Liege. Congregatie der Dochters van het Kruis te Luik."Maison-mere Moederhuis: rue Hors-Chateau, 49." "Mission du Haut-Congo belge. Missie van den Belgischen Opper-Congo." "Nos petits orphelins - Onze Weesjes."
children abandoned children group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m64394
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-m64394 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-024-0000-0146B
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/585b747be144b87ce5946908de66b1dc

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