Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

There are two missionary fathers in the brush with an indigenous man. The back of the postcard has a handwritten message in French and also includes information about the mission …

“Amadi Arbres à étoffes – Schors stof-boomen.” A missionary father stands in a grove of trees used for making fabric. The following information is printed on the back of the …

Lukulu (Haut-Congo) - La Lessive. Lukulu (Opper-Congo) - De Wasch." ("The Laundry") A group of women and children are outside washing their clothes on wooden tables. There are large jars …

ETHIOPIE. - HARRAR: Maitresse des Novices et Soeurs indigenes." ("Mistress of the Beginners and indigenous Sisters.") In front of a white building with shuttered windows, a missionary sister poses with …

"Hagen, tillitmannsboligen, Ngaoundéré". ("The garden, the superintendent home, Ngaoundéré".) En jente ved et bed i full blomst. A girl by a flowerbed in full bloom.

Missien der E. E. P. P. Trappisten te Bamania, M’Paku en Coquilhatville. Evenaar – Belgisch Congo. Onze getrouwde negervrouwen in het Christen dorp St. Joseph.” The married women of the …

Two Ewondo seminarians are profiled against a backdrop, facing towards the right of the photograph. Both wear white shirts. The back of the card has no handwriting. Printed at the …

Photograph of a group of Swiss missionaries in Pretoria. Sitting, in the center, Ernest Creux and Mrs Creux. Standing, second from right, Henri Alexandre Junod. Photographie d'un groupe de missionnaires …

"Br. Böhme u. Br. Zickmantel am Wasserfall des Kilasi bei Rungwe." ("Br[other] Böhme a[nd] Br[other] Zickmantel at the Kilasi Waterfall near Rungwe."). Missionary Böhme with his hat lifted and Missionary …

Photograph of a crowd of African people sitting around Swiss missionaries in Khovo. On the right, the missionaries, a wagon and a tree. In the background, buildings of Khovo, the …