Suspension bridge over the river, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Suspension bridge over the river, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Cameroon, Africa
Description: 9. En Foret: Un pont de lianes suspendu de 40 metres de long ("A bridge of vines suspended 40 metres long"). One man poses in front of a bridge made of vines while a woman stands at the halfway point on the bridge over the river. Postcard issued by Mission des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard is blank with printed information about the mission agency: "Procure de la Mission du Cameroun: 214, Rue Lafayette, Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Edit. M. Brochard. 81, quai Fosse - Nantes" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
Extent: 13.5 x 9 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: Missionary Postcard Collection
Collection / Other Creator: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
Collection Date: 1880-1950
Container / Volume: Box 4

Access: Public
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