Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Photograph of a group of Swiss missionaries on the porch of the mission house in Antioka. They sit at a table. On the right, a baby in a baby carriage. …

“11. Missions de Scheut – Kasaï.” Une école à Demba.” A child works on a problem at the blackboard in a classroom, while the missionary father and the students look …

"Lémana [Lemana]. MM. de Meuron et Lenoir, Mme Stiegelmann sur la terrasse" ("Lémana [Lemana]. Messrs de Meuron and Lenoir, Mrs Stiegelmann on the terrace"). Photographie de Marie Stiegelmann, David Paul …

Several Catholic missionary sisters are shown standing with rows of other people before a thatch-roofed school building. The forest is visible in the background. The back of the postcard has …

“Zusters der Kindsheid Jezus – Inongo, Belgisch Congo. Slaapzieken. Moederhuis: Nederpolder, 1, Gent.” Five patients suffering with sleeping sickness pose with missionary sister nurses or doctors and an assistant. Three …

“Missies van de Broeders van Sint-Gabriël. BONDO ̶ Belgisch-Kongo. In ‘t woud.” Three missionary fathers pose with a boy while out walking in the woods. The publisher “Ern. Thill, Brussel” …

Black and white photograph showing Reverend Herbert Brewer and his wife, missionaries for the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (later the Methodist Missionary Society) at Ama Achara, Nigeria. This photograph was …

14. - Madagascar - Le Missionnaire va visiter ses Chreitientes." A missionary father is shown riding a horse along a dirt trail. On either side are broad grassy fields. A …

43. - Madagascar - Dans la Brousse - Chapelle dediee a Ste Therese de l'Enfant-Jesus." An indigenous Catholic priest and several others stand before a small thatched chapel. The back …

"Le vieux Ricatla" ("Old Ricatla") Photograph of European and African people sitting and standing in front of buildings with thatched roofs in Ricatla. In the center, a tree. On the …