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A postcard print showing day scholars at Berbera school in Somaliland. The postcard (no. 5) was part of a series published by the Catholic Mission of Somaliland which was a British protectorate located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden.

A postcard print of Bishop Bernard Thomas Clark OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Arabia, with Somalis. The postcard (no. 4) was part of a series published by the Catholic Mission of Somaliland.

A postcard print of a missionary dentist (most likely a French Capuchin friar) performing a procedure. The postcard (no. 6) was part of a series published by the Catholic Mission of Somaliland. Somaliland was a British-controlled protectorate located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden. French Capuchin friars from Toulouse began ministering in Somalia in about 1892 and continued to labour there until they were expelled by the British colonial authorities for political reasons. Several British and Irish friars subsequently ministered in the territory.

A postcard print of divine service in rural Somalia. A manuscript annotation on the right of the card records that ‘the priest saying Mass is Fr. Luke [Sheehan], an Irish Capuchin’. The postcard (no. 17) was part of a series published by the Catholic Mission of Somaliland.

A postcard print of Somali musicians of the Catholic missions. The postcard (no. 8) was part of a series published by the Catholic Mission of Somaliland which was a British protectorate located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden.