Group in front of a chapel, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Group in front of a chapel, Cameroon, ca. 1920-1940
Publication Place: Cameroon, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
En Brousse: La Chapelle et la Maison du Pere couvertes en paille ("In Bush: The Chapel and the House of the Father covered in straw "). Six people sit on a stick fence in front of two large block buildings with thatched roofs. In the foreground, a man sits on the ground holding a white staff. Postcard issued by Mission des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin.
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: 9 x 14 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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