Women washing clothes, Senegal, ca.1920-1940

Dakar- On va faire la lessive" ("Dakar - Doing the laundry") A group of women and girls are outside washing clothes in small tubs. The girls all have different colored and patterned dresses and some are wearing head dresses. There is also information about the Catholic mission agency: "Les Soeurs Bleues de Castres au Senegal"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Les Soeurs de l'Immaculee Conception de Castres travaillent depuis 1847 en Afrique, a la regeneration de la femme noire au Senegal et au Gabon. Depuis 1904 elles exercent aussi leur zele en Ameriques du Sud, au Matto Grosso (Bresil) et en Reg. Argentine.