"I think this is the 'Bright Eye' goddess at Tzecheo. Every year there was a festival, when thousands of people went up the hill to worship her and be healed of eye diseases. My father had a booth on the road to peddle tracts and boric acid. (I used to worry that any improvement in eye infections might be credited to the idol instead of the boric acid. ME Manly)." Enshrined in a curtained opening the female figure sits in front of another dark figure with its eyes outlined in white. There is a basin on the altar before the healing goddess. The caption is handwritten on the back of the postcard.
"1906. The big court of the temple. The room with 65 idols & 30 small ones that they don't count is the one at the rear. Big bell (cast iron) can be dimly seen). In foreground, one of the church stewards selling gospels & tracts. Bright Eyes Festival, Tsicheo. R. C. R." People gathered for the festival to celebrate the "Bright Eyes' goddess are shown in a temple courtyard.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 417
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Buying Vegetables. Woman's College - West China Union University. Four young women carry a basket full of vegetables hanging from a pole. They are between two buildings with trees in the background.
"Japon. – 3. Papa est aux champs travailant dur, mais on ne l’oublie pas. On lui apporte un de ces délicieux thé vert, comme il ne s’èn fait qu’au Japon.” A mother carrying a baby on her back and holding an umbrella is shown walking with her daughter who is holding a teapot. The caption and following information are printed on the back of the postcard: “Imprimerie M. Lescuyer, Lyon. Ed. Jésuites Missionnaires, 6, rue d’Auvergfe, Lyon.” There is no handwriting on the back.
"Irrigation from wells near [?], Shansi, July 1924." People work around a well in the ground, using a wood setup to bring the bucket up. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 325 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
"MAJ, CNJ, HJ" Initials indicate the wife and children of missionary Alfred G. Jones. A group composed of missionary families is posed in front of a doorway. The women and children are in Western-style clothes while the men are in Chinese dress. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 325 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and CBJ, MAJ, CNJ The initials indicate the wife and children of missionary Alfred Jones. Several missionary families are posed in front of a house in Shansi [Shanxi]. The women and children are in Western-style clothing while the men are dressed in Chinese hats and clothing.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 325 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Shansi Mission Men, women, and children of the Baptist Shansi Mission, including G. B. Farthing (top row, second in from left).
"British gunboat on Yangtze at Chungking [Chongqing] (or patrol boat)." Sailors aboard the river vessel are shown on the top deck in their white uniforms waving.