Missionary sisters repairing a wall, Madagascar, ca. 1900-1930

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Title: Missionary sisters repairing a wall, Madagascar, ca. 1900-1930
Published / Created: 1900-1930
Publication Place: Madagascar, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Madagascar. - Au travail pour reparer les breches ("With work to repair the breaches"). Three missionary sisters and nine indigenous women are standing near a dirt ledge about three to four feet high in front of a large brick house. The women are holding stone blocks and long poles as if building a support wall along the ledge. Postcard issued by the Congregation des Soeurs de Saint Joseph de Cluny, 21, Rue Mechain, Paris.
The back of the postcard is blank.
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

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