Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., 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., Shanghai [Obscured] Numerous small boats are shown floating along the waterfront. Chinese characters are printed on the card., and This photograph is labeled "1904", but the Morgans did not arrive in China until 1905.
"Missions D'Afrique. Alger. - Vue partielle." Boats are docked in the harbor of this Algerian port city. Buildings of all shapes and sizes are shown near the shore. There is quite a long series of arches along the edge of the harbor where it meets land. Additional information reads, "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique. (Soeurs Blanches) Birmandreis (Alger). There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Congo.- Debarcadere d'Angil, annexe de Baraka. ("Landing of Angil, annex of Baraka") View from the forest of a river with two canoes docked by the shore., and The back of the postcard is blank and includes information about the mission agency: "Edition de la Commission Suisse de la Mission de Paris. No 81- Cliche Ottmann" there is also information about the printer: "Imp. Rotogravure, Plainpalais-Geneve"
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 20 | Folder 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Margaret Hart Barbour, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary in Shanghai from 1916 to 1923., and Various types of boats clustered in a harbor area.
1. Missions des Peres Capucins: Ubanghi (Congo) - Un coin du pays. --Missien der Paters Capucijnen: Ubanghi (Congo) - Kijkje op de streek. ("1. Mission of the Capuchin Fathers : Ubanghi (Congo) - a corner of the country.") Ten long canoe-like boats have been brought to the shore of the river; indigenous men and women guide the boats and load them with cargo. On the river other boats are visible, and on the opposite shore stands a small village., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information from the publisher: "Aidez les Missions! - Help de Missien! - Anvers Postch. 9: Proc. Miss. Cap, Antwerpen. - Courte rue de la Boutique, 1 - 1, Korte Winkelstraat."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and We were delayed here for two or three days because the city of Kiating was under siege. Soldiers fired to have us stop. [now Leshan]
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Souvenir Africaine 30, Rue Lhomond - Paris "Dakar la Cathedrale et le Port". The postcard is a drawing of several small boats before the waterfront of Dakar. In the background, the dome of the cathedral is shown., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Four Chinese boats are on at a narrow passage of the Ing Tai River. One boat is being pulled up the rapids while the other three sit idling. Written on the back of this photograph: "Ing Hok [Ing Tai] River sampans. The man on the group of boats unite [illegible] the boats up one at a time. The one in the rapids is being pulled up and these are waiting their turn. Ned. Ing Hok. 1914.", and This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].
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., and Near Soochow [now Suzhou] This postcard depicts two boats on a wide river with an arched bridge in the background.
