cover image: Sacred, ornately adorned cow and elderly man, Chennai, India, ca.1920-1940

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Sacred, ornately adorned cow and elderly man, Chennai, India, ca.1920-1940

"13. Madras [Chennai]. - Vache sacrée parée pour une fête indoue." A sacred cow that is ornately adorned is being led by an elderly man with a turban and a beard to a Hindu festival. The publisher is noted as "Fides-Photo." Additional information on the back notes that postcard profits benefit French Catholic Missions.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-83338
Date published
1920/1940
Dates
1920/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic postcards, 9.25 x 14.25 cm
Place Discussed
Asia Chennai India
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-yds-rg101-0050-0000-0013.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/ef5e5e63c3cc50268fd02f87b447c147

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