Baptism in river, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, ca. 1920-1940
Published / Created
1920-1940
Publication Place
China, Asia
Description
A country baptism. "Ningpo [now Ningbo]. Boats of 264,000 tons go up river, narrow, small but good harbor." A Chinese clergyman is about to baptize a person in the river while a crowd looks on. 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.
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