cover image: Girl carrying baby, Kārsiyāng, India, ca.1920-1940

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Girl carrying baby, Kārsiyāng, India, ca.1920-1940

"Kurseong, Orphelinat: Fillette qu’un mère cruelle voulait tuer. Een wreede moeder wou dit meisje dooden." An unwanted little girl rescued from a cruel mother is depicted carrying a baby in a sling on her back. The caption and following information are printed on the back of the postcard: "Congrégation des Filles de la Croix de Liége. Congregatie de Dochters van het Kruis te Luik. Maison-mère - Moederhuis: rue Hors-Château, 49. Mission des Indes Orientales. Missie van Oost Indië. Ern. Thill, Bruxelles." There is no handwriting on the back.
abandoned children girls group portraits

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-84710
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 14 x 9 cm
Place Discussed
Asia India Kārsiyāng, West Bengal
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-yds-rg101-047-0000-0025.tif
Rights
Divinity.Library@yale.edu Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/af2309bf41f87eb96da460eb2adeb522

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