Badarpur Assam / India: Rev. Father Marcellinus Molz SDS Village Chidren & Lepers (Vintage PC ~1900s)

vintage black and white photographic mission postcard documenting the catholic salvage missionary work in badarpur, assam, northeast india.
the front captures a historic group portrait featuring reverend father marcellinus molz s.d.s. (salvatorian missionary) standing in a white cassock among a large group of local village children, women, and indigenous families in front of thatched-roof huts and betel palm trees. the lower left area includes a poignant caption reading aussaetzige (lepers), indicating the presence of leprosy patients receiving care from the mission.
the main bilingual German and english caption reads rev. father marcellinus molz s. d. s. unter seinen kindern / badarpur, assam (vord.-ind.).
the reverse side features a completely blank undivided/divided hybrid style back with the classic serif imprint post card -- carte postale.

postally unused

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: very good to excellent...please also refer to scans which show complete front and reverse of postcard

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