cover image: Festival gathering, Brazzaville, Congo, ca.1920-1940

Festival gathering, Brazzaville, Congo, ca.1920-1940

"65. ̶ Congo Français. – Brazzaville. La foule devant la Maison Épiscopale a l’occasion de la Légion d’Honneur de Mère Marie. Toutes ces femmes et filles ont passé à l’œuvre des Sœurs." A crowd is shown outside the bishop’s house during a celebration honoring the Virgin Mary, typically in May. The local women and girls are all workers at the mission. There is no handwriting on the back of the postcard.
women clergy festivals religious practice general views

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-84290
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Brazzaville Congo Democratic Republic of the
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-yds-rg101-045-0000-0002.tif
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/abfbd46ef0ea9fc0dd61df7c7fbaad71

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