China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 248 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Church of Our Savior, Hongkew Shanghai - built by Bishop Boone 1853. View of church from outside on street. Chinese in lower right corner, one rickshaw and horse carriage waiting in street. Chinese lantern hanging from building across from church., and William Jones Boone was the first Bishop of the American Church Mission in China.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Projet de l'Elgise Saint-Francois-d'Assise a BOHICON - Dahomey (A. O. F.) "Abbe DURAND - Cure de Bohicon (Dahomey)". The church is depicted in a drawing, while in the upper right corner is an inset photograph of the indigenous Abbe Durand., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Helio-Lorraine - Nancy".
"Construction de l'église St.-Antoine. Samuttiram. - Le presbytère et l'église." The top picture shows the construction of the church of St. Anthony. Men are working both on the ground and on top of the building. There is scaffolding made from wood on the front of the building. The bottom picture shows a village scene with people in the street and thatched-roof homes on either side. The caption indicates that these buildings are the rectory and church.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ethiopie - Eglise Ghiorghis" a Addis Abeba". The church of St. Ghiorghis is shown from a vantage point on the ground, an iron and stone fence screening it., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., KIMPAKO (Moyen Congo). - L'Eglise des RR. PP. Jesuites. ("KIMPAKO (Middle Congo). - The Church of the RR. PP. Jesuits.") A large brick church with many windows stands amidst various trees and shrubs., and The back of the postcard is blank.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Angola - L'Eglise de la Mission de Cutchi. ("Angola - the Church of the Mission of Cutchi.") Two missionary fathers and over forty indigenous men, women, and children pose in front of a stone church with large bell tower., 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."
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 248 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
"Church of the Nativity, Wuchang Exterior, 1897" [now Wuhan] Exterior view of front of church. Church of the Nativity consecrated 1889. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
A ground-level view is given of the front of the Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, a large square concrete structure. A squared-off bell tower rises on one side of the entrance., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is closely covered with handwriting and is stamped and postmarked. Printed at the bottom of the correspondence section is "Thysville, Eglise du Sacre-Coeur."
