China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 265 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938., and View from the tower of St. Paul's Church of the ruins of our large Chinese residence building which was used to house a preaching hall, a reading room, a baby clinic, Sunday School classrooms, and living quarters for our Chinese workers. It was burned by Japanese troops on two occasions, about December 14, 1937 and January 26, 1938.
A large Catholic church is depicted with twin towers surmounted by thatched roofs and crosses. A bell tower rises from the center of the building., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "79 - Natitingou L'Eglise Catholique". "Edition Suzanne Toubon - Marseille Tous droits de reproduction reserves".