cover image: Man building a house, Gingungi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

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Man building a house, Gingungi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

A man is outside kneeling by a house he is building with straw and branches. A child is standing in the distance. The back of the postcard is blank and contains the caption: "1. Maison de Noirs en construction." ("House of blacks under construction") and also contains information about the mission agency: "Mission des Soeurs de l'Union au S. C., Gingungi s/Lukula, Kwango. Maison-mere a Hougaerde, pres Tirlemont."
housing architecture general views

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14488
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-m14488 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-019-0000-0114
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/bed16104809b1134fe6d13da21f27273

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