"Traveling down-river, rowers on front deck." Five men are shown with oars on the foredeck of a boat. Water and the surrounding shore are seen in the background.
Fifty-nine comics-adaption drawings, 2011-2015, that illustrate or respond to the OBJECTS section of Gertrude Stein, Tender Buttons (1914). Twelve drawings from the collection were issued as greeting cards in Sandra Gibbons' OBJECTS from Tender Buttons (Portland, Oregon: Flash+Card and c_L, 2011). Includes five copies of an illustrated broadside from Passages Bookshop, Portland, Oregon, which advertise an exhibit of the drawings, July 1-30, 2016.
“60 Madagascar. ̶ Observatoire de Tananarive.” An astronomical observatory is depicted on a hilltop above a river. An inset with a detail view of the building is shown. The caption and following information are printed on the back of the postcard: “Pour ‘l’Œuvre des Prêtres Malgaches’, 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. Post. 567-39 Paris.” There is no handwriting on the back.
"Bronze Instrument Observatory" An ornately decorated bronze device, possibly used for tracking the position of the sun and/or moon. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 417
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Chemistry student with professor. W.C. Close-up of student and Professor W.C. Ho looking at lab equipment.
A porter is shown having fallen when crossing over a downed tree while carrying a missionary in a litter. The missionary appears to be mostly supported from the fall by the porters at his head.