Missionary fathers at a plantation, Bonoua, Ivory Coast, ca. 1900-1930

"15. COTE d'IVOIRE - Plantation de Bonoua." ("IVORY COAST - Plantation of Bonoua.") Two missionary fathers dressed in white along with four indigenous boys sit on the roots of a very large tree in the midst of other trees and vegetation. Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mee Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon." The back also contains information from the mission agency: "L'APPEL DE L'AFRIQUE - La Societe des Missions Africaines, fondee a Lyon en 1856, evangelise tout le littoral du Golfe de guinee: Liberia, Cote d'Ivorie, Cote de l'Or, togo, Dahomey, Nigeria. - ...soit un territoire plus vaste que deux fois la France, avec une population de 25 millions d'ames. - ...Pour aider nos missionnaires dans leur immense tache - ...pour soutenir leurs oeuvres sociales: leproseries, dispensaires...et leurs ecoles (environ 300,000 ecoliers Africains...) - ...pour contribuer a sauver l'Afrique. - Vous pouvez adresser vos offrandes a l'adresse suivante: Missions Africaines Baudonne-TARNOS (Landes) - D'avance MERCI C.C.P. 345.19 Bx." ("The CALL OF AFRICA - the Company of the African Missions, founded at Lyon in 1856, evangelises all the coast of the Gulf of Guinea: Liberia, Ivory Coast, Gold Coast, Togo, Dahomey, Nigeria. -... it is a territory twice the size of France, with a population of 25 million hearts. -... to help our missionaries in their immense task -... to support their social works: leper-houses, dispensaries... and their schools (approximately 300,000 African schoolboys...) -... to contribute to save Africa. - You can address your offerings to the following address: African missions Baudonne-TARNOS (Landes)- In advance THANK YOU C.C.P. 345.19 Bx.")