Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Vernon Parker and his assistant of Y.M.C.A. Vernon Parker and his Chinese assistant are dressed in Western suits, three piece and tie, and leaning against a post. To the right are several Chinese people sitting on benches or pews in rows.
6. DAHOMEY - Cove - Un coin du marche ("A corner of the market"). In a photograph from above, the thatched roofs of seventeen market stands are visible. Numerous people move in and out of the stands, and some pose for the picture, as they congregate in the marketplace. Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon.", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Kwango- Missie der EE. PP. Jezuieten in Belgisch Congo., and Vue generale du poste de Kimbau. ("Overview of the post of Kimbau.") A panoramic view of the village, with a group of children standing posed on a hill.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
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Box 419 | Folder 5901
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1
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Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Astronomical instruments are relatively unimportant things to be mentioned in international documents, but these famous and wonderful old bronze implements that were stolen by the Germans many years ago and only just returned are worthy of fame. The trip to the city wall is one of our favorite outings, but we have not often stopped to inspect these beautifully ornamented and most intricate instruments. This group is the dozen or so, mechanically selected, freshmen and sub-freshmen who are a teacher's special advisees, in the hope that each girl may get special attention and help during her first years, before she comes under the direction of the head of her major department. On one of our recent holidays, all the groups of advisees scattered for some sort of amusement.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
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Box 20 | Folder 1
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1
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A village barber. They often do their shaving in the street. The barber is shaving the head of a child while another boy looks on., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Margaret Hart Barbour, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary in Shanghai at St. John's University from 1916 to 1923.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
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Box 395 | Folder 1
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1
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Agriculture "No. 9 Rural Ext. Service in Fukien Fifth Graders taking their bow to the camera man" Children in Chinese dress pose on the steps of a large building., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Fukien Christian University had a rural extension program in this village.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., En Brousse: Arrivee triomphale du Missionnaire au Village ("In Bush: Triumphal arrival of the Missionary at the Village "). Men, women, and children are gathered in front of a large structure with a thatched roof. A missionary father dressed in white stands among them. Postcard issued by Mission des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin., and The back of the postcard is blank with printed information about the mission agency: "Procure de la Mission du Cameroun: 214, Rue Lafayette, Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Edit. M. Brochard. 81, quai Fosse - Nantes"The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
A group of adults and one child are seated and standing outside. The women are dressed in traditional clothing. Some of the men are wearing robes and some are wearing suits., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard contains a handwritten message and contains the caption: "3.- Hoofdmannen te Kasongo." The back also contains information about the mission agency: "Missien der Witte Paters." There is also information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Brussel."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Hte Volta - Le Village se rend a la Fete. ("Haute-Volta - The Village goes to the Festival.") Over forty indigenous men stand in front of a row of stone structures built into the side of a cliff. On top of the cliff stands a group of thirteen women. Postcard issued by "Missions des Peres Blancs.", and The back of the postcard is blank.
203. MADAGASCAR. - Enfin, vous voila!...Bonjour mon Pere! Over twenty people circle around a missionary father in a village. He appears to be speaking with them., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Pour <<l'OEuvre des Pretres Malgaches>> - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris."
