cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59803
title: Crowd gathered before a stone church at Sikasso, Mali, ca.1920-1940

description: A crowd of people stand gathered before a stone church done in a modern style.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the margin is "1 - Sikasso - Eglise".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59633
title: Sailing ship Patience and the steamer S. S. Charles Janson, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: "Universities Mission to Central Africa" "The S. S. Charles Janson & Patience at Likoma." This postcard depicts the steamer S. S. Charles Janson against the backdrop of a headland. The sailboat Patience is being rowed away from the steamer.; The back of the postcard has some handwriting, and is stamped and postmarked.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59252
title: Three men taking snuff, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie VII - Usi Indigeni." "68 - Tabacco, tabacchiere, e tabacconi." Three men stand outdoors, taking tobacco snuff.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59335
title: Young man in profile, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie VI - Tipi Indigeni." "52 - Ragazzo ghekoio." The picture shows a young man standing in profile, visible from the shoulders upward, wearing a white wrap and narrow necklace.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59249
title: Rail bridge on a grassy plain, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie I - Paesaggi." "1 - Sulla ferrovia dell'Uganda. Ponte in ferro." A railed railway bridge passes over a dark cut in a grassy plain.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59629
title: Boys playing football, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: This color postcard depicts boys playing football, or American soccer. A peak-roofed thatched hut is behind the field.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, Central Africa House, 9 Dartmouth Street, Westminster" "Football at Likoma Island, Lake Nyasa. Likoma was chosen for the headquarters in Nyasaland in 1885. It was then entirely heathen. Its beautiful Cathedral, over 202 schools and 2,402 Christiasn testify to the work which is being done in the district."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59835
title: Portrait of Father Dominique Bouchery, Morocco, ca.1920-1940

description: "Les Franciscaines au Maroc" "Pere Dominique Bouchery, Aumonier Militaire, decede en campagne". The postcard depicts a photographic portrait of a robed Catholic Father Dominique Bouchery holding a folded object in his hands and wearing his medals.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the margin is "Missions Franciscaines, 208, Rue de Pessac Bordeaux".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59630
title: Outdoor arch of Likoma Cathedral, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: The postcard depicts a painting of a brick archway constructed as part of Likoma Cathedral. The archway frames two human figures and a suggestion of a cross in the greenery beyond.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, Central Africa House, Wood Street, Westminster, S. W. 1." "Diocese of Nyasaland" "Likoma - Central doorway of Cathedral cloister, showing graveyard cross and distant view of Lake Nyasa and hills on Portuguese mainland."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59834
title: Dispensary building at Tazert, Morocco, ca.1920-1940

description: "4. Tazert - Dispensaire". A Catholic missionary father dressed in a black robe stands before a small dispensary building. Several other people stand nearby.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the margin is "Procure des Missions Franciscaines, 208, Rue de Pessac Bordeaux".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59405
title: Man with spear and shield, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: Serie XVIII - Armi e Guerrieri - 175" "Nelle Missioni Della Consolata - Il re Karoli ai tempi delle sue vittorie contro i Massai." A man raises a spear with a long, narrow spearhead. He holds an ovoid shield and wears a thin, dark wrap.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Missioni Della Consolata 12, Corso Ferruccio - Torino (117)" "Il collegio riceve gratuitamente, per prepare e inviare in Missione : Sacerdoti, Chierici, Studenti, Artigiani e qualsiasi persona che desideri consacrarsi all'apostolato. Similmente ricevono giovani ragazze le Suore Missionarie della Consolata." "La Consolata, mensile illustrato - L. 5 annue.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59248
title: Traditional healer performing a sacrifice, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie VII - Costumi Indigeni." "80 - Lo stregone all'opera : il sacrificio del montone per placare gli spiriti." A traditional healer stands before a bonfire, surrounded by other men and women, many carrying spears.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59247
title: Child with large vegetables, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie III - Vegetazione Equatoriale." "30 - Vegetazione equatoriale di prodotti nostranei". A small child stands between two large cabbage-like vegetables, the leaves stretching as wide as the child is tall.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59336
title: Woman with child, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie VII - Usi Indigeni." "69 - La culla dei bimbi ghekoio." A woman carries a small child on her back. She wears a cloth wrap, armlets, and elaborate coiled metal earrings.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59245
title: Hunters with dead antelope, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie IV -Fauna." "32 - L'antilope." Two men with spears crouch behind a large dead antelope. A hunter in a slouch hat holds a rifle by the animal.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59804
title: Women outside a hospital, Morocco, ca.1920-1940

description: Les franciscaines missionnaires de Marie au Maroc" "Fez. Une des galeries d l'hopital indigene." A group of women stand beneath the arches that support the roof of a hospital building.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the margin is "Les Fransicaines Missionnaires de Maire" "ont actuellement en pays de mission 157 maisons avec 116 ecoles plus 481 oeuvres pour l'enfance groupant environ 60,000 enfants. Elles ont en outre pour les malades 53 hopitaux avec 82,000 malades hospitalises dans l'annee : 7 leproseries avec 1,818 lepreux, 8 lazarets avec 2,665 contagieux et 114 dispensaires ou 2,800,000 soins ont ete donnes en 1929.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59650
title: Goats and people at mission, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: "Mission station Likoma  Island". A small herd of goats stands in the foreground of the photograph, behind which are a dozen people and several conical stone buildings roofed in thatch.; The back of the postcard has some handwriting and a postmark.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59246
title: Older man speaking to children, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie X - Scene di Vita Indigena." "95 - Come si tramandano le superstizioni di generazione in generazione." An older man sits and speaks to a close-clustered group of small children. Tall grass is visible behind him.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59481
title: Likomi Cathedral, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: A ground view of Likomi Cathedral is given, showing square towers.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 9, Dartmouth Street, Westminster, S. W." "Likoma Cathedral. Built on an Island of that name in Lake Nyasa, Central Africa, on the site of the witches burning place of former days. Throughout it is the work of Christian natives, who had to make the bricks, quarry the stone, burn lime, and fell timber. Total length, 315 feet. Accomodation 2,000."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59651
title: Missionary addressing a class outdoors, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: The color postcard depicts a seated missionary dressed in white and wearing a pith helmet. The missionary addresses a small crowd of seated people outdoors.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 9 Dartmouth Street, Westminster." "Hearers Class at Mangoche (Nyasaland Diocese) Hearers are those who wish to learn more about Christianity and who come regularly for instruction. The people of the district belong to the Yao tribe."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59836
title: Military men seated at outdoor tables, Casablanca, Morocco, ca.1920-1940

description: "Les Franciscaines au Maroc" "Casablanca - Cercle Militaire". Several pith-helmeted uniformed men sit at small tables outdoors, shaded by a few trees. A robed Catholic clergyman places a bottle on one of the tables. Behind them, a building can be seen.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the margin is "Missions Franciscaines, 208, Rue de Pessac Bordeaux".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59482
title: Likoma Cathedral interior, Malawi, ca.1920/1940

description: The postcard depicts a painting of Likoma Cathedral's interior, showing the pulpit and altar.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, Central Africa House, Wood Street, Westminster, S. W. 1." "Diocese of Nyasaland" "Likoma Cathedral - Built by the native Christians under an English architect. Practically all materials were obtained and worked locally by Africans, who also carved the beautiful soapstone screen, stalls, and pulpit. Total length of building 315 feet. Accommodations 2,000."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59413
title: Woman with child, Lesotho, ca.1920-1940

description: "Basutoland [Lesotho] : Le salut d'une paienne de la montagne." A woman wearing a printed wrap stands for the camera, gesturing with her right hand. At her feet, a toddler shyly clutches her wrap, looking over a shoulder at the camera.; The back of the postcard has a few lines of handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "L'Oeuvre apostolique, 108 rue de Vaugirard, Paris (vIe) a pour but de fournir aux Missionnaires tout ce qui leur est encessaire pour leur Apostolat. Adresser les offrandes par le compte de cheques postaux de Mgr Boucher, Paris, 378-58".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59656
title: Missionary nurse with other people outside a dispensary, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: The color postcard depicts a seated missionary nurse outside of a brick and pole dispensary building. Other people sit or stand nearby.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 9 Dartmouth Street, Westminster." "Malindi Dispensary (Nyasaland Diocese) An African cares a great deal for his family, but nothing for the sick stranger or one of another tribe. "Every Mission hospital is a standing witness of the fact that Christianity is a religion of love.""
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59332
title: Man wearing whiskey bottle through his earlobe, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie VI - Usi Indigeni." "64 - Orecchini reclame." A seated man is show in profile. Through the pierced and elongated earlobe of his left ear, he wears a Dewar's White Label Whiskey bottle.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59658
title: People bringing fowl to be sold, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: The color postcard depicts five people carrying poles over their shoulders, the poles weighted with woven reed baskets containing live fowl for sale. Behind them, a corrugated-roof building can be seen.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 9 Dartmouth Street, Westminster." "Bringing Fowls for Sale, Mponda's (Nyasaland Diocese) Formerly natives carried fowls for miles, tied by the legs and hung downwards on a pole, but these the Mission refused to buy. Now they are brought in crates made of rushes."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59663
title: Women washing clothes at a riverbank, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: The color postcard depicts several women by a riverbank, washing clothes. A fence of cut poles extends into the water.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 9 Dartmouth Street, Westminster." "Washing Clothes at Mponda's (Nyasaland Diocese) This is done by the river side, and for protection against crocodiles a fence is erected, inside which washing and bathing takes place in safety."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59255
title: Coconut palms surrounding a peak-roofed building, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie III - Vegetazione Equatoriale." "22 - Fra le palme di cocco." Coconut palms stand around a peak-roofed building.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59337
title: Woman wearing elaborately plaited hair, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie VI - Usi Indigeni." "67 - Capigliatura elegante d'un zerbinotto." A woman stands in profile, her hair intricately plaited. She wears a broad circular adornment stretching the flesh of her earlobe.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59251
title: Tractor hauling wagons stacked with sacks, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie XII - Fattoria Agricola." "119 - Le trattrici suppliscono le carovane nel trasporto dei prodotti agricoli." An iron-wheeled tractor is show pulling wagons laden with sacks. A line of trees are visible in the background.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59402
title: Waterfalls, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: Serie IV - Cascate - 37" "Nelle Missioni Della Consolata - I giuochi d'acqua nei parchi naturall del Kenya." A number of small waterfalls are depicted from a view on the river. On either side of the cascades, thick forest can be seen.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Missioni Della Consolata 12, Corso Ferruccio - Torino (117)" "Il collegio riceve gratuitamente, per prepare e inviare in Missione : Sacerdoti, Chierici, Studenti, Artigiani e qualsiasi persona che desideri consacrarsi all'apostolato. Similmente ricevono giovani ragazze le Suore Missionarie della Consolata." "La Consolata, mensile illustrato - L. 5 annue.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59193
title: Catholic priest celebrating Mass outdoors, Guinea, ca.1920-1940

description: "25. - Guinee Francaise Missionnaire celebrant le St-Sacrifice dans la brousse". A Catholic priest celebrates Mass outdoors in the shade. Four people kneel nearby, while an altar boy assists.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59786
title: William Percival Johnson, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: "William Percival Johnson, Archdeacon of Nyasa." "Universities' Mission to Central Africa". The postcard depicts a framed bust photograph of the archdeacon wearing a clerical collar.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59712
title: Palm trees, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: "Afrique Centrale Nyasaland - Vicariat apostolique du Shire - Pere de la Cie de Marie" "Palmiers eventail". Palm trees stands amid a grassy field.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59631
title: Likoma Cathedral being constructed, Malawi, ca.1920-1940

description: "Likoma Cathedral (nearly finished). Bringing Wood for the Cathedral." "Universities Mission to Central Africa" "Building the new Cathedral, Hauling up Stones." Four photographs quarter the postcard, each one depicting some aspect of the construction of Likoma Cathedral. The upper right shows the partly-completed structure, the upper left shows men building the roof atop supports of bare wooden branches, the lower left shows porters carrying wood for the building, and the lower right shows people dragging a sled laden with heavy stones.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59414
title: Cattle grazing, Lesotho, ca.1920-1940

description: Lessouto [Lesotho] 4. Un village." Several cattle graze in a field. Behind them, conical thatched huts can be seen, and the ridgelines of several hills.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Societe des Missions Evangeliques 102, Boulevard Arago, Paris, 14me" "Edition du Depot de livres. - Morija. (Droits reserves)
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59253
title: Missionary sisters visiting a village, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie XV - La Suora Missionaria." "141 - La Suora in visita ai villagi." Two Catholic missionary sisters with pith helmet sit with villagers. A thatched hut is in the background.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59832
title: Women tending infants indoors, Morocco, ca.1920-1940

description: Les franciscaines missionnaires de Marie en Mission - Oudjda (Maroc [Morocco])." "A la goutte de lait." A group of women including a pair of Catholic missionary sisters are gathered around a woman seated on a bench and holding an infant. One of the missionary sisters holds a bottle. Another woman stands nearby with a toddler on her back.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the margin is "Les Fransicaines Missionnaires de Maire" "ont actuellement en pays de mission 145 maisons avec 156 ecoles plus 389 oeuvres pour l'enfance groupant 56,000 enfants. Elles ont en outre pour les malades 47 hopitaux avec 71,000 malades hospitalises dans l'annee : 7 leproseries avec 1,507 lepreux, 8 lazarets avec 1,873 contagieux et 107 dispensaires ou 2,100,000 soins ont ete donnes en 1926.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59195
title: Catechists gathered outside a school building, Guinea, ca.1920-1940

description: "4. - Guinee Francaise Jeune noir Baga faisant l'ecole et le catechisme". Young boys sit on a bench outside of a large thatch-roofed school building.  A signboard painted with 'Vive la France' is placed on the building.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59788
title: Antelopes, Malawi, ca.1914

description: "Afrique Centrale Nyasaland - Vicariat apostolique du Shire - Pere de la Cie de Marie" "Antilopes Orytragne (Male et femelle)". The postcard is divided in two vertically, the upper portion showing a reclining antelope doe and the lower portion showing a reclining antelope buck. Both are set outdoors in thick underbrush.; The back of the postcard is closely covered with handwriting.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59393
title: Crossing a river, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: Serie I - Scene e Paesaggi" "Missione del Kenya - Passaggio del fiume" Several Catholic missionary sisters hold to a rope as they cross a small river by ford. Other people travel with them.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto della consolata per le missioni estere" "Corso Ferruccio N. 16 - Torino (17)" "Domandate il periodico "La Consolata" contenente interessanti relazioni sulle Missioni dell'istituto. - Abbonamento L. 5.00 annue.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59211
title: Roman Catholic church in Mombasa, Kenya, ca.1920-1940

description: "5 Roman Catholic Church Mombasa, Kenya Colony". A slightly elevated view is given of the Catholic church in Mombasa, a large stone structure with two bell towers.; The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Copyright, East African Standard Ltd., Nairobi".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59317
title: Missionary sisters visiting a village, Kenya, ca.1930

description: "Missione del Kenya - Serie IV - La Suora Missionaria." "142 - Festose accoglienze alla Suorqa nei villaggi." Two Catholic missionary sisters sit near huts, men and women standing about them.; The back of the postcard has handwriting on it, and is postmarked and addressed. Printed at the top of the correspondence section is "Istituto - Collegio Internazionale Della Consolata per le Missioni Estere - Torino (17) Corso Ferruccio, 16 "La Consolata" periodico mensile - Abbonamento L. 5 annue".