cover image: Workers sitting in a refectory, Kakyelo, Congo, ca.1920-1940

20.500.12592/tc0nk4

Workers sitting in a refectory, Kakyelo, Congo, ca.1920-1940

Workers at the Lubumbashi Hospital gather in the refectory for a meal. The men are sitting at tables and a missionary sister can be seen standing in the distance. The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Les Soeurs de la Charité de Gand à Elisabethville." There is also the caption: "Oeuvres pour Indigènes. Hôpital Prince Léopold. Le dîner au réfectoire." ("Dinner in the refectory") There is also information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
food clergy indigenous populations group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57165
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 8.5 x 13.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Congo (Democratic Republic)
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-m57165 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0122
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/2d4b222931e8dc5214899206833156d6

Related Topics

All