Digital Library - Selected African Holdings
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USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Interior of Church ready for Xmas" The altar of the church is shown with candles and decorations hanging from the ceiling.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Cleaning day. Palm trees are dates planted by the Fathers" Several young boys and a dog surround a bicycle that is upside down for cleaning. There are palm trees in …
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
Mission station of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) in Mahajanga. There are the missionary buildings and Mahajanga and the sea on the background.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Ankwe pagan" A man of the Ankwe or Goemai people,with a woven wrap below his waist, stands between a thatched roof hut and a woven straw wall.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Ankwe functionary" A man from the Ankwe or Goemai people sits on his horse in front of a hut and a wall made of woven straw.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Antonio aged 12 when on tour. Offspring of cannibals and given to Mission by government when 1 year old" A boy in a tunic is posed in front of a …
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Native Christian" A woman a wrapped cloth, wearing a headdress, poses for the camera.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923
"Christian teachers. Mallam Twanul, Mallam Mayari (sp?) (not quite Christian)" Two men in white robes and hats pose for the camera at the Shendam Mission
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Government clerk at Shendam. Mohammedan" A robed man with a cloth headcovering sits on a chair with a book on his knee. Two children are standing near him.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Main street of Shendam. Prison on left" A flat space with a large tree is to the right of a long mud brick wall.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Mr. Bryan crossing a stream" Mr. Bryan, wearing a pith helmet and shorts, is on the back of the man walking through the shallow stream.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
Women made small mound of soil to cultivate potatoas, groundnuts and taros, in Yabassi, Cameroon.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923
Henri Nicod and his wife are on their way to visit a church. Mrs Nicod is in a kind of wheelchair, pushed by Indigenous people. Some other men carry a …
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Woman cooking the evening meal" A woman is crouched near a large cooking vessel set on stones. Thatch roofed huts are in the background
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Fr. Sirlinger as blacksmith with his carpenter" Father Eugène Sirlinger is working with metal on an anvil while a native man carrying a tool looks on at the Shendam Mission.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
Photograph of Dr Robert Laws being made a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG). Dr Laws is standing on a platform which is …
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Chief's wives beating corn in a mortar" Three women are using long sticks to beat corn in a mortar while another looks on.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Pauline (aged 15) and her brother - both Catholics" A young woman carries her toddler brother in a wrap on her back at the Shendam Mission.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"The chief on horseback" The chief of Shendam, clothed in long robes, is seated on a horse.
USC: University of Southern California · 1923 English
"Beggar violinist - Cap made of leather and ostrich feathers" A robed man plays a stringed instrument. His hat has three sets of feathers sticking up from the top.