cover image: Clergy and men outside by termite mound, Kakyelo, Congo, ca.1920-1940

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Clergy and men outside by termite mound, Kakyelo, Congo, ca.1920-1940

A male clergy poses outside with several workers beside a kiln dug out of a termite mound. The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Oeuvres de Don Bosco. Préf. Apost. Luapula Supérieur (Congo belge). Procure: Compte chèques 2719.01 - Werk van Don Bosco. Apost. Pref. van Boven-Luapula (Belg. Kongo)" The back of the postcard also includes the caption: "18. Une thermitière creusée pour la cuisson des briques. 18. Een mierennest, dat dienst doest als steenhoven." ("A termite dug for baking bricks")
workers clergy indigenous populations group portraits

Authors

Unidentified

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57134
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9 x 13.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Congo (Democratic Republic)
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Reference
impa-m57134 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-YDS-RG101-021-0000-0105
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/2eef1d4ad2bbcc4f0911a554c73c43e2

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