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Photographer: Postcard/Prayer Card by the Musée Historique Canadien
Taken: Circa 1935
Caption: "Kateri Tekakwitha" - La Petite Sainte Iroquoise/The Little Iroquois Saint
Additional Description: Most Catholic prayer cards depict saints in a rather idealized manner, which is not difficult given that most Catholic saints pre-date the photographic era, and so the depiction stems from artistic imagination. This card has a more realistic or natural feel, however, because it is a photograph, albeit one that was hand-colored. But Kateri Tekakwitha was dead more than 250 years before this card was made, and the depiction is actually that of a wax figure - the Musée Historique Canadien (1935-1989) was a wax museum specializing in Catholic historical figures.
Submitted: September 8, 2015.
Database Locator Identification Number: p327866
File Size: 0.159 Megabytes

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