A group of white-clad children kneel in prayer before a religious statue as a Catholic missionary sister looks on. The back of the postcard has printed on it "Congregation des Filles de la Croix de Liege Congretatie der Dochters van het Kruis te Luik Maison-mere Moederhuis : rue Hors-Chateau, 49 Mission du Hat-Congo belge. Missie van den Belgischen Opper-Congo." and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Comment un petit noir s'improvise catechiste.- Hoe een jongen catechist wordt. ("How a small black says the catechism") A large group of children are sitting outside, while one small boy is standing, practicing the catechism. The children are sitting in an open area surrounded by thatched huts., The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.", and The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"
"Angola - Postulante Indigène enseignant la prière. Congrégation de S'Joseph de Cluny, 21 Rue Méchain, Paris" A woman with striped dress and headcovering is kneeling at right with her hands together in prayer. More than twenty children face her in the position of prayer.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From the collection of the Hartwell family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s., and Going home from a Christmas party at Sunday School. Happy school aged children are leaving a building, each with a package in his or her hands.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., GABON - Un coin de la Station de Samkita ("A corner of the Station of Samkita.") Ten Gabonese children walk along a road lined by various kinds of trees. Three stand at a stick fence and look into a grove of trees from which the picture is being taken. Some of the children are wearing white hats with large brims., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Edit. des Missions Evangeliques, 102, b Arago, Paris."
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 397
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
"War orphans in an orphanage whose Supv. Is Chen Siu-djin (?), Ginling, 1931." A group of seven Chinese girls, sitting around a basket outdoors and weaving shoes. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
A gathering of children march in a religious procession, many carrying printed banners. The back of the postcard has printed on it "Congregation des Filles de la Croix de Liege Congretatie der Dochters van het Kruis te Luik Maison-mere Moederhuis : rue Hors-Chateau, 49 Mission du Hat-Congo belge. Missie van den Belgischen Opper-Congo." and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
"Africa (Eritrea) Missione delle Figlie di S. Anna -Fiori della vita e fiori digiardino - Dalta scuola alla chiesa d'Asmara" Printed on the back of the postcard is: "Figlie di S. Anna - Associazione fondata nel 1866, conta oggi più di 10,000 suore, in Europa, Asia, Africa, America. Fa opera di assistenze cristiana e umniaris in Ospedali, Case di Salue, Ricoveri, Manicomi, Carceri, Lazzaretti, Lebbrosal, ecc. - Si dedica al l'educazione cristiana, morale e civile in Asili d'Infanzia, Laboratori, Collegi, Pensionati, Instituti di Ciechi, Sordomuti, ecc. - Ha Misisnoi in Palestina, Eritrea e nell'America Meridionale. La Casa Generilizia in Roma 'Collegio Internazionale per le Missioni' Via Merulana 177" Young girls in white dresses and flowered head wreaths are carrying baskets as they march down a field. They are accompanied by a missionary sister as a crowd including priests and soldiers looks on.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Lessouto. - 9. Petit village. ("Lessouto - 9. Small village.") Four indigenous children stand approximately thirty yards from a row of six circular stone thatched-roof houses on a flat plain. In the distance a large mountain range is visible., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques - 102, Boulevard Arago, Paris, 14me - Edition du Depot de livres - Morija. (Droits reserves.)"