“India ̶ Serie I ̶ 7. Scena di Villaggio.” A family, possibly, is depicted in front of a dwelling in a rural village. Woven palm mats cover the upper roof of the structure. Cattle are seen grazing on hay near a cart with awning. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “Il Pontificio Istituto delle Missioni Estere di Milano promuove la propagazione della fede e della civiltà in dieci vaste Missioni dell’ India, dell’Indocina e della Cina. Sede generale: Milano (6-43) – Via Monte Rosa 81 ̶ Telefono 40-115.” There is no handwriting on the back.
"Serie III - Egitto - Mercato di villagio" On the back of the postcard is printed: "A beneficio dell' Associazione Nazionale per soccorrer I Missionari italiani (riconosciuta in Ente Morale - Segretariato Generale: Torino , Via Accademia delle Scienze)" Women in dark robes sit on the ground with baskets in front of them as a large crowd mingles at the outdoor market. Mud brick buildings and palm trees are seen in the background.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ehute Metta. Waterside This colored postcard shows some huts near a river with boats pulled alongside. A white Western-style house is in the background., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher, "C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos" (Church Missionary Society)
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From the collection of the Hartwell family, American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s., and Small thatched huts and other buildings line the shore of a body of water. A large building like a temple is on the hillside. There are boats in the water.
"View up a street with thatched houses on either side; in the foreground at centre a man leaning over a fence, looking over to a group of people outside a cottage at right, a mother seated and nursing a baby, three other children beside her, a man seated and dandling a child, and a woman in the doorway, next to which is hanging a bird in a cage."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Date of publication from Grego., Plate from: Rowlandson's sketches from nature. [London] : [publisher not identified], [1822]., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Geographic):
Cornwall (England : County)
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 81 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A Chinese village lies between two hills on the Yangtze River. A small fleet of sail boats lines the coast by the village., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of Dean Goddard, who was an American Baptist missionary in Ningpo, Che-chiang, China from 1870-1903.
1. - Madagascar -Village de la Cote Est A light palisade of sticks encircles a village composed of thatch-roofed housing. Palm trees rise among the buildings, and a few children play in front of the palisade., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "En vente pour "l'Oeuvre des Pretres malgaches" "79, Avenue de Bretuil, Paris XVc"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Hte Volta - Le Village se rend a la Fete. ("Haute-Volta - The Village goes to the Festival.") Over forty indigenous men stand in front of a row of stone structures built into the side of a cliff. On top of the cliff stands a group of thirteen women. Postcard issued by "Missions des Peres Blancs.", and The back of the postcard is blank.