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].
"Thrashing [sic]" Five men are in a field, wearing only pants, and running in a line with sticks that have sheafs of grain on the ends. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 35 | Folder 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Mary W. Caldwell was a missionary serving under the American Presbyterian Mission, South in Taichow, Jiangsu province, who took a trip through Gansu province in 1926., and Towing houseboat, speed about 2 miles per hr. Four men walking on a path along the river, pulling a boat.
3. Missionnaires en tournée ("Missionaries on Tour") A group of men are transporting a missionary using a hammock like carrier. There are other individuals nearby, some carrying the belongings of the missionary. The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Mission Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon - Vicariat Apostolique du Togo.", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information regarding the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, Rue des Remparts -D'Ainay.-Lyon"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., GREETINGS FROM CONGO "Unloading Drugs at San Salvador [Photo by Dr. William Wilson]" "YOUR WELCOME GIFT HELPS". Two men unload iron-hooped wooden barrels from the back of a truck loaded with crates and barrels. A wooden building is visible in the background., and The back of the postcard is stamped, postmarked, and has handwritten entries and address. Printed in the correspondence section is "BAPTIST MEDICAL MISSIONS BIRTHDAY SCHEME [handwritten 'Thomaly'] Church TO WISH YOU "MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY." We heartily thank you for your promise of a Birthday Thank Offering to our Medical Mission work. [handwritten 'L. Darumir'] Registrar, ____ Collector's Name, ____ Collector's Address".