Basutoland.

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#7976

BASUTOLAND

THIS BRISTLY-CHINNED OLDSTER IS TYPICAL OF

THE ADULT POPULATION OF BASUTOLAND. IN 1936,

WHEN THE LAST CENSUS WAS TAKEN, THERE WERE 254,511

CHRISTIAN BASUTOS OUT OF A TOTAL POPULATION OF

559,273.

(ONE OF FIVE PHOTOS)

CREDIT MUST READ:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GRM-NY-11E-8 JOGMISS)

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Title: Basutoland.
Description: Portrait of man in Basutoland.
Date: 1948
ca. 1948
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics: Sotho (African people)--Basutoland.
Sotho (African people)--Missions--Basutoland.
Geographic subject: Basutoland.
Basutoland
Africa--Lesotho--------------
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Geographic subject: Basutoland
Genre: portraits
Form: acetate negatives
Extent: acetate negative : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18A, image no. 7976; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_7976
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:148598