Women gathering peat in baskets, Madagascar, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Women gathering peat in baskets, Madagascar, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: Madagascar, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Madagascar. - Soeurs Indigenes et enfants ramassant leur tourbe ("Indigenous sisters and children collecting their peat"). A group of twenty four women and children are collecting peat into baskets, which they carry on their heads. Some of the women wear a nun's habit. Postcard issued by the Congregation des Soeurs de Saint Joseph de Cluny, 21, Rue Mechain, Paris.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the publisher: "Helio Aulard, Iung et Cie, Paris".
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 5

Access: Public
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