Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Le P. Leon BOURJADE. - Officier Aviateur. - Missionnaire. - Nouvelle-Guinee. ("Father Leon BOURJADE. - Aviator Officer. - Missionary. - New Guinea.") The postcard contains two separate images. On the left a missionary father poses in a dark robe with a cross on his chest. On the right the same man wears a military uniform., and The back of the postcard is blank.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 305 | Folder 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and By Sampan, down the Kwei River "Against the Current" Boatman is navigating with a pole.
"Missien der Paters Oblaten in de IJsvelden van Noord Canada." "In die wiegjes hangen ze op moeders rug." Two small children are shown tied into swaddling on carrying boards. The back of the postcard is printed with "Klooster der paters Oblaten, Waereghem." and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"India - Serie I - 19. Incantatori di serpenti." Two snake charmers are wearing turbans and sitting on the ground. One is playing a wind instrument and charming a snake that is in a basket in front of him. Additional information on the back indicates that this postcard was printed by Il Pontificio Istituto Delle Missioni Estere (The Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions).
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Horamana is the taller of the two . She has been two years in the School. Her companion (note the look of fear in her eyes) has just arrived, and The back of the postcard includes the printed statement: "Bought at Missionary Market, Airdrie, September, 1928, for New Edgerley Memorial School, Duke Town, Calabar."