Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard is blank and also contains information about the mission agency: "Mission des PP. Jesuites au Congo. - Missie der PP. Jezuieten in Kongo." There is also the caption: "Jardin d'essais de Kisantu. Alocasia (Oreilles d'elephant). - Proeftuin van Kisantu. Alocasia (Olifantsooren)." ("Elephant ears"), and Two boys pose outside beside an alocasia plant in the experimental garden.
"22. - Indes. - Un triomphe de la Foi : un Indien de Haute Caste se fait Catéchiste des petits Parias - Missions des PP. Jésuites au Maduré [Madura]." A boy of a high caste speaks with younger boys from a lower caste. Some are sitting on the ground and some are standing. Additional information on the back directs donations to Paris and Lyon, France.
A large group of boys from the Christian Herald Fukien [Fujian] Industrial Homes form a pyramid formation on a outdoor staircase. Three puppies frolic in the foreground., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of Emily Susan Hartwell, who was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884.
A group of orphaned boys from the Christian Herald Industrial Mission pose on top of stone cliffs and bamboo scaffolding at Pagoda Anchorage., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Emily Susan Hartwell was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Universities' Mission to Central Africa, Central Africa House, 9 Dartmouth Street, Westminster" "Football at Likoma Island, Lake Nyasa. Likoma was chosen for the headquarters in Nyasaland in 1885. It was then entirely heathen. Its beautiful Cathedral, over 202 schools and 2,402 Christiasn testify to the work which is being done in the district.", and This color postcard depicts boys playing football, or American soccer. A peak-roofed thatched hut is behind the field.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Several children are sitting outside on the ground and other objects preparing a meal over a fire., and The back of the postcard is blank and includes: "Eigendom van Scheut (Kongo) Propriete de Scheut." There is also information about the mission agency on the back of the postcard: "Missie van Kangu- Mission de Kangu" The back of the postcard also contains the caption: "Eene inlandsche keuken. - Un cuisine indigene" ("An indigenous kitchen") "Kongo (Mayombe)"
"Three boys ready for a race" Three boys are holding the handles of wooden wheel barrows. One wheel barrow holds another young boy. The mission house is in the background.
Afrique Centrale Nyasaland - Vicariat apostolique du Shire - Pere de la Cie de Marie "A cheval sur des boeufs". Two young boys ride cows on a grassy plain. One of the boys carries a stick over his shoulder., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Dr. Loren Morgan's boat and Dr. Ben Harding's. Hsi Lien Tao Island. Five boys are in a row boat on the water. An island can be seen in the distance., and Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan were American medical missionaries in the Jiangsu and Anhui provinces of China, serving under the Presbyterian and Methodist mission boards from 1905 to 1946.
"Chengtu [Chengdu] Middle School, 1937, with Mr. & Mrs. Manly." A large class of young men, along with Florence and W. E. Manly, pose for a photo outside the Bashford Memorial building at the school in Chengdu.