A Mission Station. Ijebu Country A brick building and a white building are set among trees., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher, "C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos" (Church Missionary Society)
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., De Missie te St. Truiden-bij-Lusambo. ("The Mission at St. Truiden to Lusambo") A panoramic view of the mission, with a number of children standing on the mission grounds. Thatched roof buildings made of brick can be seen in the distance., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Congo -Eigendom van Scheut.'"
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 81 | Folder 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A graveyard lies behind the American missionary church in the east suburbs of Ningpo [Ningbo]. Notes on the sleeve of the photo album state that the missionaries Jenkins and Robertson were interred there. The Rev. Dean Goddard preached at this Church., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of Dean Goddard, who was an ABFMS missionary in Ningpo, Che-chiang, China from 1870-1903.
A detailed note describing the complex and its surroundings accompanied this photograph. The building on the hilltop is June Cottage. The rear of Morrison Cottage was situated to the right of where this photograph was taken. A stone workman's house is in the foreground. A Chinese laborer can be seen at the entrance. The entire site was cleared for construction over the course of 2000 days labor and was superintended by a Mr. Chen Ding. They had to quarry through solid rock to clear this landing. The site is approx. 800 ft. above sea level. June Cottage was used as a beacon for ships entering the nearby harbor. The note also relates some plans to expand this complex by adding a conference hall, a dormitory, and several terraces., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of Emily Susan Hartwell, an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884.
31 - Afrique Orientale - Le Pere au Dispensaire A Catholic missionary father sits on a building's steps, wrapping a bandage around a small child's arms. Other children look on., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "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 (Vc arr.)" Louys Bauer, Imp. Dijon" "Edition "Spiritus""
Africa Cristiana Serie I - Flora e Fauna "6 - Nido di formiche termite". This color postcard shows a missionary father stands next to a large mud termite mound three times as tall as a man. Standing on and around the mound are a dozen other people., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has a postmark and handwriting on it. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Questi alpinisti intrepidi e arditi Hanno scanato un.. nido di termiti! Ma son contenti non d'aver scalato, Bensi delle formiche che han mangiato!" "L'Istituto Missioni Africane accoglie Giovani Studenti e Fratelli Catechisti desiderosi di consacrarsi all'Opera delle Missioni in Africa."
38. Missionary Home, Chilonda. A three-quarter view of a thatch-roofed missionary home is provided. Trees stand in the foreground., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "EDWARD SANDERS, MISSAO INGLEZA, BIE ANGOLA".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., GABON - Maison Missionnaire a Sam-Kita. ("Missionary House at Samkita.") View overlooking a large single-story house and the well-kept grounds surrounding it. A flag pole stands not far from the front of the house., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Edit. des Missions Evangeliques, 102, b Arago, Paris."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Dschang - Habitation des Missionnaires, sous un nuage de sauterelies ("Dwelling of the Missionaries, under a swarm of locusts "). A two story house sitting on top of a slight hill is surrounded by innumerable locusts, some of which are visible in the foreground of the picture., and The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French, along with printed information about the mission agency: "CAMEROUN FRANCAIS - Missions des Pretres du Sacre Coeur de St-Quentin - Procure de la Mission: 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xe)" and with a printed address of the publisher: "Dillen et Cie Heliograv. 23, rue Oudinot - Paris" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
