Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ceremonie de bapteme - Het doopsel onzer negers A Catholic father stands outdoors, surrounded by a small gathering of people. A white-robed acolyte holds a vessel as a young child is baptized., and 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."
Afrique Occidentale Francaise - Ougadougou - Les premieres religieuses indigenes. A Catholic missionary sister sits outdoors among seven indigenous nuns. Trees are visible in the background., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed on it is "Soeurs Missionnaires de N.-D. d'Afrique, Birmandreis (Alger) Edition G.-L. ARLAUD - LYON. Repr. interdite."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Les Franciscains au Maroc - Sous les Palmiers A robed Catholic missionary stands outdoors, flanked on either side by boys. The corner of a building can be seen behind them, and a stand of palm trees., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the margin is "Missions Franciscaines, 208, Rue de Pessac Bordeaux".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Katholische Missionsschule in Anecho ("Catholic missionary school in Anecho") Anecho [Aneho] A large group of children dressed in traditional clothing are standing outside of the school with two missionary fathers standing on the stairs of the building., and The back of the postcard has is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Verlag der Kathol. Mission in Lome- No. 21"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., SOCIETE DES MISSIONS AFRICAINES "L'Afrique en marche - Au Dahomey [Benin], a la Cote d'Ivoire, des milliers et des milliers d'enfants noirs... semblables a ceux-ci, frequentent actuellement nos ecoles catholiques." "150. Cours Gambetta - LYON". Many children stand assembled, holding up a sign with lettering too faint to be read., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. At the edge of the correspondence section is printed "PETIT SEMINAIRE DES MISSIONS AFRICAINES Pont-Rosseau (Loire-Infer.)" "Helio-Lorraine - Nancy".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Religieuses de le Providence de Corenc. MADAGASCAR - Quelques petites Orphelines avec une Soeur europeenne et une Soeur indigene ("Some small Orphans with a European Sister and an Indigenous Sister"). Ten children holding small tree branches pose around a seated European missionary sister and an indigenous sister who stands behind her. Postcard issued by the "Collection de L'oeuvre Pontificale de la Sainte Enfance - 44, rue du Cherche-Midi - Paris (6e).", and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the publisher: "L'Oeuvre de la Saint-Enfance baptise chaque annee pres de 500.000 petits infideles. Elle en eleve pres de Un million. De 1843 a 1930, elle a fait baptiser 25 millions d'enfants et a envoye aux missions 350 millions de francs." ("The Work of Saint-Childhood baptizes each year nearly 500,000 indigenous children. It brings up nearly one million. From 1843 to 1930, it has baptized 25 million infants and raised 350 million francs for missions").
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., La Messe sous la tente ("Mass under the tent") Several missionary fathers and indigenous children are holding communion beneath a tent. There is also printed information about the Catholic mission agency: "Missions des Peres Blancs d'Afrique. Vicariat Apostolique du Bangoueolo", and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Imp. Bourgeois Freres, Chalon-S.-S"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., ONONGHE - Fete a l'occasion de la Benediction d'une nouvelle Eglise. ("ONONGE - Celebration at the time of the Blessing of a new Church") Over one hundred indigenous men stand on either side of a path leading up to a church building. In front of the church, an even larger crowd of men, women, and children awaits., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Missionnaires du Sacre-Coeur d'Issoudun. -- PAPOUASIE - NOUVELLE-GUINEE (Oceanie)." ("Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Issoudun. -- NEW GUINEA - NEW GUINEA (Oceania).") The missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic order.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ing Tai delegates to Centennial at Foochow[Fuzhou] The Rev. Edward Huntington Smith is seated eighth in from the right in the front row. Aside from three other Westerners in the front row, nearly the entire delegation is Chinese. Some of the Chinese delegates are in traditional garb while others are wearing Western clothing. The names of a few of the Chinese delegates are written on the border of the photograph: Hing Ek Tang, PhD, Pastor Ling (88 years old), and two others that are illegible., and This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family. The Smiths were a family of missionaries serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 62 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Chang Npei Si poses for a group photograph with her friends after her "farewell recital". Mary Grace French Dilley is standing to her right. The rest of the women present are all Chinese. Chang is holding a bouquet of flowers., and Frederick Edwards Dilley and his wife, Mary Grace French Dilley, were missionaries for the American Presbyterian Mission, North. They worked in China, 1906-1942. They worked at missions in Peking, in Chefoo, Shantung, and in Shansi.
