Class of school children outdoors, Rwanda, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Class of school children outdoors, Rwanda, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Rwanda, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Ruanda- La classe a Issavi. De klas te Issavi. Ruanda [Rwanda] Approximately fifty school children are sitting outside on the grass or in front of wooden tables writing in books. A missionary sister is teaching them, and a board with the alphabet is attached to a pillar of the brick building behind the group.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles." The back also contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Postulats des Soeurs Missionnaires de N.-D. d'Afrique. (Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie) Herent (Br.)- Thielt (Fl. Oc.). Postulaten der Zusters Missionarissen van O.L.V. van Afrika. (Witte Zusters van Kardinaal Lavigerie) Herent (Br.) - Thielt (W. Vl.).
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 16

Access: Public
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