Women and missionary sister outside a hut, Kasai, Congo, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Women and missionary sister outside a hut, Kasai, Congo, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Kasai, Congo, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Merode-Salvator- Voor he hutje van een sieke. Devant la hutte d'un malade. ("Before the hut of a patient") A group of women and children are standing outside near a thatched hut, with a missionary sister who is standing near a child. One of the women is holding a basket on her head while the other holds a large stick in a wooden churn.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Zusters van den H. Jozef, Zilverstraat, Brugge- Missien in Kasai, Congo." "Soeurs de St. Joseph, rue d'Argent, Bruges- Missions au Kasai, Congo." The back of the postcard also contains information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
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 20

Access: Public
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