cover image: Women bathing children, Kisantu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

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Women bathing children, Kisantu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

"Kisantu- L' oeuvre de la 'Goutte de Lait'. Les bébés au bain- Het werk der 'Melk voor de kleinen'." ("The implementation of the 'Drop of Milk'. The baby bath") A group of mothers dressed in traditional clothing are standing outside a brick building, bathing their infants in pans. The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Mission des R.R. P.P. Jesuites au Kwango. Kwango- Missie der E.E. P.P. Jezuieten in Kongo" The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French.
children women group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15663
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Congo (Democratic Republic) Kisantu
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-m15663 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0047
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/814ad2f409db2d5618f1cfdbee74e566

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