3074 Afrique Occidentale - Senegal - Mission de Thies. This tinted postcard shows two men standing outside a large brick-and-stone mission building. One holds a pair of pails in his hands., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., HANUABADA - PORT-MORESBY. Two men stand at the end of a stone jetty. Several boats sail in the bay behind them, and over fifteen houses stand on stilts in the bay., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Missionnaires du Sacre-Coeur d'Issoudun. -- PAPOUASIE - NOUVELLE-GUINEE (Oceanie)." ("Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun. -- NEW GUINEA - NEW GUINEA (Oceania).") The missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic order.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Wouldn't you like to help this man out of his difficulty? He's just taken his jacket off to search for the importunate flea, that's all! To Mrs. E. Sanderson, Fairfax, Vt., U.S.A. In the foreground, a shirtless man has taken off his jacket and he is looking at it intently. He is standing next to a wooden bridge where other men are standing. In the background, there are buildings and shacks.
13. - MADAGASCAR. - Paysage de brousse ("Landscape of the bush"). Twelve men stand near a river that runs through hills of dense vegetation. A few of the men carry baskets and long poles and seem to enter an unseen boat at the bank of the river., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour <<l'OEuvre des Pretres Malgaches>> - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris"
7. Uganda. - << Mon eglise menance ruine >> ("My Church threatened to collapse") A missionary and several men are standing outside a thatched roof church surrounded by trees., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "L'Oeuvre de la Propagation de la Foi soutient les Missions Catholiques du monde entier. Envoyer votre offrande par Cheques Postaux: Paris, 618-25 Lyon, 72-71. Propagation de la Foi, Lyon, 12, rue Sala, Paris, 5, rue Monsieur (VIIe)"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., GABON - NAVIGATION DIFFICILE ("DIFFICULT NAVIGATION.") Seven Gabonese men attempt to maneuver a long canoe-like boat away from a fallen tree trunk near the shore of a river. Six other men wade in the shallow water nearby., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bld. Arago (Paris)." The back also contains information about the printer: "BRAUN & Cie, Imp. Mulhouse-Dornach."
"Stripping leaves" Men working in a field, gathering plants and stripping the leaves off them. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"The Burning Ghats of Benares where the Hindus burn their dead." A few men tend fires that are burning corpses. This photograph is from an album prepared by W. K. Norton of The Pilgrims Mission, Benares [Vārānasi].