Boys sitting around a fire, Zimbabwe, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Boys sitting around a fire, Zimbabwe, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Zimbabwe, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Matabele boys gathered round the Camp Fire.- Gambo, the boy wearing a feather head-dress, is the son and heir of a heathen chief. Wherever our resources allow we are establishing schools for such children as these, and they readily come to be taught. Eight boys are sitting outside on the ground around a campfire. The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 17 Bishopsgate Street Within, F.C."
The back of the postcard is blank.
Extent: 14 x 9 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 18

Access: Public
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