Workers sitting in a refectory, Kakyelo, Congo, ca. 1920-1940

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Title: Workers sitting in a refectory, Kakyelo, Congo, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created: 1920-1940
Publication Place: Congo, Africa
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Les Soeurs de la Charité de Gand à Elisabethville." There is also the caption: "Oeuvres pour Indigènes. Hôpital Prince Léopold. Le dîner au réfectoire." ("Dinner in the refectory") There is also information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
Workers at the Lubumbashi Hospital gather in the refectory for a meal. The men are sitting at tables and a missionary sister can be seen standing in the distance.
Extent: 8.5 x 13.5 cm.

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Call Number: RG 101
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 21

Access: Public
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