Missionary house with thatched roof, Foumban, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Missionary house with thatched roof, Foumban, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Foumban, Cameroon, Africa
Description: 9. Mission de Foumban - La Maison des peres ("Mission of Foumban - the House of the fathers"). Six people mingle in front of a long wooded house with a thatched roof and large porch. 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: 8.75 x 14.5 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

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