Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 417
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Dr. Sherwood Eddy L., Marshall S. H. Den R., F. Dickinson C., Legband Number 20 Improved Hen which has laid 214 Eggs in 365 days. Champion for Szechuan. Dr. Eddy and Mr. Dickinson in Western dress and Marshal Den in Chinese dress, standing behind the cage containing the hen. Shrubbery in the background.
A close race between 2 of the dragon boats" which used to hold races, I believe in the fall. We could watch them from the rooftop of our house just a block from the river. These slim racing shells could go very fast, and there was always great excitement among the spectators who crowded the bank of the river. I was told that these races were to commemorate the suicide by drowning of an official of the Manchu regime, his protest against some action which he did not approve.", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.
A large crowd of people stand on an embankment of turned earth, brick buildings behind them., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and 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. The photo is marked 1904 but the Morgans did not arrive in China until 1905. The photo may relate to the famine that took place in Jiangsu in 1907.
A footboat on one of the canals in the part of China where Uncle Fred was stationed. They could go quite fast, being propelled by the boatman with his foot. It was so very delicately balanced that Uncle Fred used to say that you had to part your hair in the middle, or it might capsize." Uncle Fred used such boats for outcalls.", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.
A panoramic view of an old Chinese town surrounded by a stone wall along a river's edge. A row of small boats line the banks of the river., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Emily Susan Hartwell was an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Mission Suisse dans l'Afrique du Sud Schweizer Mission in Sudafrika. "130. En wagon a boeufs sur les pentes du Drakensberg. (Transvaal)." "Ein Ochsenwagen auf steilen Hangen am Drakensberg in Transvaal." Fourteen oxen pull a wagon along a dusty dirt road. A man walks in front to lead them while another man is visible back near the wagon., and The back of the postcard is closely covered in handwriting and is stamped and postmarked.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa., and Shanghai. A Chinese funeral. The coffin is being carried in its very ornate equivalent of our hearse, on the backs of many coolies hired for the occasion, and wearing a sort of livery. The man in white is obviously in charge. White, not black, is the Chinese mourning color.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Oeuvre des Vocations et des Missions Dominicaines. Roeping-en Missiewerk der EE. PP. Predikheeren." "Mission Dominicaine de L'Uele Oriental. Congo Belte. Dominikaansche Missie in Belgisch Congo.", and WADSA. Depart d'un groupe d'ouvriers - Een groote verhuis. A group of porters ranging from young children to adult men and women depart from a village. All carry burdens atop their heads.
A huge raft in the Yuan River below Changteh [now Changde]. Such rafts transported logs long distances. The rafts were really floating villages on which families lived with their children, chickens, and dogs, for weeks., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 65 | Folder 4
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Elizabeth H. Falck was a member of the American Church Mission (ACM) in Shanghai, China (ca. 1923-1929). She left behind many writings and photographs relating to hospitals in China., and Three technicians are working in a chemical laboratory at St. Elizabeth's Refugee Hospital in Shanghai. Three large work tables are laden with chemical equipment.
