"With the seasons greetings from Chungking [Chongqing] Mens Hospital." The following information is handwritten on the back of the postcard: Left to right. Back row ̶ , 2nd from left Miss Collier, 4th - Dr. McCartney, 5th - Mr. Myers, 6th - Mr. Curnow, 7th - Mrs. McCartney, 8th - Mr. Peat. Far left - Mr. & Mrs. Cady. 2nd row ̶ 3rd from left - Dr. Edmonds, 4th - Dr. Lewis, Front row ̶ 2nd - Mrs. Manly, 3rd - Mr. Manly, 4th - Mr. Peat. Entire West China M. E. M. mission, 1896." The men and women of the West China Methodist Episcopal Mission are shown together in a portrait on a Christmas postcard.
"West China Union University. The cabinet, taken last spring with Mr. Harry Silcock - Tang Bo-chen not present for this picture. About 1938. Front row: (L to r) Ashley Lindsay, Lincoln Dzang (Dzang Lin Gao), Harry Silcock, Mr. Fang, Daniel Dye. Back row: Leslie Kilborn, Mr. Elliott, Pearl Fosnot, Mr. Albertson." The Methodist District Superintendents are shown together on the steps of a building at West China University.
"View over roofs of Chung King. [Chongqing. Our M. E. compound in distance ̶ about 1900." The upper portions of the church buildings are shown above the rooftops in the background.
"Missionaries who did not leave Chengtu [Chengdu] in 1926 - '27. (Earl Cranston's picture added later). Back row: Simkin, Wilford, Cranston, Mrs. Lewis, Taylor, Small, Dickinson, Miss Ellison, Sparling, Lewis. Front and middle rows: Openshaw, Mrs. Simkin with baby, Alberson (?), Miss M. Manly, Miss G. Manly, Mrs. Manly, Miss Lybarger, Manly, Miss A. Brethorst, Dye." Methodist Episcopal missionaries and family members at Chengdu post 1927 are shown together.
"Bishop Ward, Spencer Lewis, Marian & Grace Manly; Ovidia Hansing, Ola Dudley, Pearl Fosnot, Olin Stockwell (above) with Chengtu [Chengdu] Meth. Church members 1937. Members of the Methodist church, missionaries and visiting clergy are shown together in a garden outside.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the caption: "Elisabethville: Eglise Méthodiste Christ au Congo." There is also information about the printer: "Editions: Papeterie-Librairie L.R. Rassaert. Elisabethville", and The Methodist church in Lubumbashi is depicted, a large brick structure.
"Methodist missionaries & church members, probably 1897. Bishop Joyce presiding over conference." A group of Western missionaries along with Bishop Joyce and Chinese Christians are shown together outside a building.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 73 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Girls School -- House built in 1872 Brick building with several students standing or sitting in front or in doorways.
"Chengtu [Chengdu] Methodist Hospital." The hospital built in the Western style is shown with porches on the upper and lower levels and a tall clock tower over the main entrance.