Author: DUTCH ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSIONARY WORK IN SURINAME -
Title: A Collection of 37 original photographs concerning dutch Roman Catholic Mission in former Dutch Guyana (Suriname).
Description: S.L.[Suriname], s.n. (circa), 1900. Photographs varying in size from 9x12 to 18x24 cm and larger. Photographs from an unknow order, a.o. depict. Churches at Rovac (Upper Surinam), Berendslust (built by father F. Bazelmans and consecrated by Mgr.J. Meeuwissen), Esterlust (Upper Suriname), Paramaribo, Domburg, Smithfield (Lower Saramacca). Further group-pictures of the 'Children of [H.] Mary' (St.Alphonsus Church), An Arrowakkan Indian family, a Father with 2 Nuns aboard S.S. Prins Willem II, various photos. of Indian Natives, posing before churches. Added a photograph of Fathers R.G. de Weerd & Harte at Batavia in 1891. A curious & rare collection in good condition.

Keywords: mission/suriname/photographs/19thc.