Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Serie VI. - Paesagi- 57. Nelle Missioni Della Consolata - Il treno della ferrovia dell' Uganda sbocca dai recessi delle foreste africane. A train is moving along the tracks in the middle of the forest., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Missioni della Consolata Collegio internazionale- 12, Corso Ferruccio- Torino (17)- Il Collegio riceve gratuitamente, per preparare e inviare in Missione: Sacerdoti, Chierici, Studenti, Artigiani e qualsiasi persona che desideri consacrarsi all' apostolato. Similmente ricevono giovani ragazze le Suore Missionarie della Consolata 'La Consolata' mensile illustrato per L. 5 annue.", and also information about the publisher: "Calcocromia-I.G.D.A.-Novara", and also information about the printer: "Vendibili presso le Missioni della Consolata.- Riproduzione vietata."
A view of the Ing Hok [Ing Tai] River from the piazza of the American missionary residence. Mountains cascade over the opposite bank of the river. Written beneath the photograph in the album: "The river (Ing Hok river) to the eastward. Under the cross, two churches [Puai-sioh? Unqiang?] twelve miles away from Ing Hok city. There are twelve of these mountain churches.", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The Smiths were a family of Congregational missionaries in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou]. Edward Huntington Smith devoted nearly 50 years of his life to running an orphanage, raising funds, and promoting Christian education in Ing Tai, Fukien [Fujian], China. His wife, Grace W. Thomas Smith served as a Kindergarten teacher in the United States and China.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Cobbler in front of Ginling College Dormitory (formerly the Canadian School) He repairs shoes on the spot. The cobbler looks young, is wearing Chinese clothing and has a piece of leather across his lap. He leans against a brick wall and has a basket next to him., and Ginling College was relocated to the West China Union University campus from approximately 1937 to 1945 during the Japanese occupation of Nanking [Nanjing].
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 417
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
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[from subsequent photo] "Cobbler in front of Ginling College Dormitory (formerly the Canadian School) He repairs shoes on the spot." The cobbler looks young, is wearing Chinese clothing and is bending over a piece of leather across his lap. He sits on a low stool against a brick wall and has a basket next to him and shoes on the ground around him., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Ginling College was relocated to the West China Union University campus from approximately 1937 to 1945 during the Japanese occupation of Nanking [Nanjing].
A young woman in a Catholic habit stands holding an infant in her arms. Printed on the back of the postcard is "Uele - Maman de ceux qui n'en ont pas. Moeder van degene die haar niet meer bezitten." "Dominicaines Missionaires de Namur. 44, rue du Belvedere Salzinnes." and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Baby abandoned on Shaohing Mission door step [now Shaoxing]. A baby is lying on some cloths, covered with a blanket, on a step near a brick wall., and From the collection of the Hartwell family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s.
“This is how I looked riding to the Flume in a chair – Do I look comfy? Thai Jong, 1919. From Abbie G. Sanderson, Swatow, China” Abbie G. Sanderson is sitting in a traditional Chinese chair being carried by two men near Swatow [now Shantou], China. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
“You’ve doubtless seen pictures of Chinese village streets but maybe none before with me in one! This one looks much cleaner in the picture. Yes that is a pig. The horrid sway back kind they have out here. I can’t imagine where the kiddies all were. There are usually a raft of them! I.K.F. From Abbie G. Sanderson Thai Jong (via Swatow) [Shantou] China 1919.” Abbie G. Sanderson stands in a doorway leading to a narrow stone Chinese street containing a pig, chicken, and dog. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Don't be shocked at the nakedness of some of the poseurs". It is certainly natural, and we are surrounded by such continually - that we get not to mind it much. This is a branching street (upper & lower), in the village of Thai Jong. Can you beat the "register interest & attention" attitude of the little girl in the foreground? Question: Could you break up an old auto here as easily as in a backyard in Danbury? I.K.F. From Abbie G. Sanderson, Thai Jong (via Swatow) China 1919." Abbie G. Sanderson is standing along an extremely narrow road as village children and two adults look on, Swatow [now Shantou], China.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., No. 75 Accra, Gold-Coast W. A. Highstreet. Several people walk down a broad unpaved avenue. Buildings line either side, with a clock tower visible in the background., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Copyright of Basel Mission Book depot, Accra, W.-Africa, No. 75."
