cover image: Indigenous boy, Kisantu, Congo, ca.1900-1930

Indigenous boy, Kisantu, Congo, ca.1900-1930

Portrait of an indigenous boy wearing a frayed shirt. The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "Congo. - 2. Un jeune Congolais de Kisantu. Le christianisme a fait dans ce pays de grands progres, mais il reste encore des paiens." ("Congo. - 2. A young Congolese of Kisantu. Christianity made great progress in this country, but unconverted people still remain.") The back also contains information about the publisher, "Ed. Jesuites Missionnaires, 6, Rue d'Auvergne, Lyon," and the printer, "Imprimerie M. Lescuyer, Lyon."
children portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12954
Date published
1900/1930
Dates
1900/1930
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kisantu
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-m12954 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-008-0000-0015
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/5365df1d4008afd8f616d7169cadbe8e

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