Carl Van Vechten Papers Relating to African American Arts and Letters
Container / Volume:
Box 111 | Folder 2092
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Photography by Saul Mauriber.
Description:
In ink verso: Richard Banks and Nora Holt at Yale. Stamped verso: Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 146 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission.
Subject (Name):
Holt, Nora Douglas, 1885-1974
Subject (Topic):
African American authors, African American critics, and African American musicians
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From a series of photographs documenting a Buddhist funeral., and Preparing for procession to the grave. Both sides of the street in the photo are lined with banners on frames bearing various Chinese characters. Several people are walking down the street.
"Abre au pied a ……………….. les assembles papier." People are shown under a very large banyan tree that stands in front of a row of low thatched roof buildings.
5 - Angola - Un bapteme dans un poste de catechiste. ("5 - Angola - A baptism at a catechist station.") In the open air a missionary father serves the eucharist to an indigenous mother and father kneeling before him on the ground holding a baby. An altar table stands nearby along with a number of other priests and acolytes. A group of over thirty indigenous men, women, and children gather for the occasion., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Aidez les Missions des Peres du St-Esprit. C.C. 1059-56 - Abonnez-vous a leurs 'Annales' - 10 fr. C.C. 611-49 - 30, Rue Lhomond, Paris (Ve arr.)." ("Help the Missionary Fathers of the Holy Spirit, CC 1059-56 - Subscribe to their 'Annals' - 10 fr. CC611-49 - 30 Rue Lhomond, Paris (Ve arr.)." The back also contains information about the printer: "Louys Bauer, Imp. Dijon."
4. – Elisabethville – Un baptême. Elizabethstad – Een doopsel.” A missionary father is shown baptizing a boy at a font in a church. Young lay clergy and boys attend the baptism. “Missions Salésiennes du Congo Belge ̶ Première Série. Salesiaansche Zendingen in Belgisch Congo ̶ Eerste Reeks.” The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “Grace à votre charité nous avons pu fonder des Missions jusqu’ aux extrémités de la terre. Le Vénérable Don Bosco. Met hulp uwer m milddadigheid hebben wij zendingen kunnen stichfen in alle gewesten. De Eerbiedwaardie Don Bosco .” There is no handwriting on the back.
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., and From the collection of the Hartwell family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s.
