Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"Madagascar - Cote Est - Recolte du Riz - Riziere de la Mission Catholique." A Catholic missionary father looks on from a sedan chair as people harvest rice. The back …

“Missions des Pères Assomptionnistes au Congo (Ituri). Sur la Grand ‘Place du village…” A missionary father stands in a village center in front of a large thatched roofed building. Several …

Missions du Sud-Afrique - Serie V - Un bapteme d'adultes au Basutoland : prostration des catechumenes." A large crowd of catechumens bows before an outdoor altar. A Catholic missionary father …

"Le petit lac et le village de Jotham (Khatouane [Catuane]). M. Lenoir" ("The little lake and the village of Jotham (Khatouane [Catuane]). Mr Lenoir"). Photographie d'un lac. Au premier plan, …

"Dinky Toys, verandaen, Internatet, DNS". ("Dinky Toys, the porch, the boarding house, the Norwegian school".) A girl and three boys playing with small toy cars.

A Catholic missionary father stands with a few other people amid a mission garden. Printed on the back is "Missions des Peres Redemptoristes au Congo Prefecture Apostolique de matadi. Matadi …

11 Avalle - Pretre indigene faisant le catechisme". A seated indigenous priest instructs small children in their catechism. Behind him, a thatch-roofed mud hut can be seen. The back of …

"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 …

"2.– Madagascar. Pauvre église où l’on prie avec ferveur." A missionary father stands in front of his rural grass church along with two locals. Animals are seen grazing outside the …

"Begrüßung der Bena-Frauen durch Br. Vogt in Kidugala" ("Greeting of the Bena women by br[other] Vogt in Kidugala"). A crowd of people standing in front of and next to a …