A young woman is posed for a portrait. She is wearing beads in her hair, and necklaces., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and includes the caption: "Congo.- Coiffure d'une jeune fille" ("Hair of a girl") and also includes information about the mission agency: "Ligue des Missions Franciscaines Belges. 15, r. Vanderlinden, Bruxelles. Postch. 103.551."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard is blank and includes the caption: "Types de Jeunes Filles" ("Types of young girls") and also includes information about the mission agency: "Institut des Soeurs de l'Enfant Jesus a Nivelles- Mission de Bafwabaka (Congo Belge)" and also includes information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles.", and Two girls wearing traditional clothing are posed for a portrait, one with her arm around her friend who is wearing a head scarf.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., DAHOMEY [Benin] "23. - COTONOU. - Hotel des Postes - Poste-Gebaeude - Post-Office". A peak-roofed building is shown from a ground view., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the correspondence section is "CORRESPONDANCE SOCIETE DES MISSIONS AFRICAINES de Lyon" "Maison-Mere: 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon. Seminaire; >> >> >> >> Ecoles Apostoliques: 1e Pont-Rousseau, pres Nantes, (Loire-Inferieure), 2e Keer-lez-Maestricht, (Hollande). Maison des Aspirants et Noviciat des Freres coadjuteurs Chanty par Wellin, (Belgique). Missions: I. Vic. Apost.:Benin, Dahomey Cote-d'Or; Cote d'Ivoire; Delta du Nil. II. Prefectures Apost. : Nigeria Occidentale; Liberia; Nigeria Orientale; Korogo, (Hte Cote d'Ivoire). III. Oeuvre des noirs de la Georgie, Oetats-Unis."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard is blank with information about the publisher: "Copyright: Coombe & Dewar (Pvt.) Ltd., Salisbury." and also includes a caption: "Charter House and Presbyterian Church, Salisbury." There is also information about the printer: "Photo by John Akester, F.R.P.S.", and View of a downtown block, including automobiles, buildings, a church and housing.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 420 | Folder 5912
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The President's Residence (Dr. John Leighton Stuart) Looking across a lawn with trees to the house, with walled courtyard., and Yenching University was later known as Yanjing da xue.
A priest's house. A Catholic priest leans out the window of his small wooden house., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has a few lines of handwriting on it and is stamped and postmarked.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Hôpital Prince Léopold. Le pavillon des prisonniers malades. ("Prince Leopold Hospital. The pavilion of sick prisoners") Two people can be seen sitting outside the brick prison hospital, through the wire fence. There is also information about the mission agency: "Les Soeurs de la Charité de Gand à Elisabethville. Oeuvres pour indigènes.", and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Guinee Francaise, Conakry - Temple protestant. A small wooden church is shown, with other buildings in the background. A broad green lawn surrounds the building., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Lome- Protestantisch evangel. Kirche A side-angle view of a Lome church with a large steeple and trees nearby., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Verlag der Kathol. Mission, Lome"
A group of schoolgirls dressed in identical dresses and head coverings are posed outside sitting and standing in a circle. Some of the girls are holding baskets and bowls on their heads., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains the caption: "Kolwezi. N.- D. des Lumieres. Récréation des fillettes de l'école." ("Recreation of girls school") There is also information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles"
