Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 414 | Folder 5872
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Frame 3 - The graduating class of 1928. They are all dressed in Chinese clothes. The girls are wearing silk for this occasion, and the style of the day was the two-piece dress, with wide sleeves and skirts. Hair was mostly done in demure little knots, though two sets of bangs are also seen. A group of young Chinese women and standing for a photo in front of a building.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 414 | Folder 5872
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Frame 5 - A group of women medical students and young graduates on the staff. At least three of this group are now on the teaching or hospital staff of the new medical school which has grown up on the West China Union University campus in Chengtu, as a union of W.C.U.U.'s School of Medicine and those of the National University and Cheeloo University. A group of young Chinese women, in Western and Chinese dress, posing for a photo outside of a building.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-Sek, Commencement Day 1935 W. C. U. U. The couple stands before a flight of stairs. The General is dressed in an officer's uniform, and his wife is in a short sleeved Chinese dress and holding a purse in her left hand.
A chief dressed in traditional clothing is standing outside with two children. He is holding a large stick in one hand and one of the children's hand in the other., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard contains a handwritten note in French and also contains information about the mission agency and caption: "14 Ecole des Freres Maristes Stanleyville. Visite d'un chef a ses enfants. - School der Broeders Maristen (Stanleystad). Een opperhoofd bezokt zijn kinderen." ("Visit to a Chief's children")
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Congo Belge I - 4. Chet congolais et ses gardes. ("Belgian Congo I - 4. Congolese chief and his guards.") An indigenous man wearing ornate jewelry and a patterned garment around his waist sits on a stool above a leopard skin. Two men stand behind him holding spears. Postcard issued by "Missions Salesiennes.", and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Offrandes pour les Missions Salesiennes et renseignements: Groupe Missionnaire, 9, ch. de Fontaniere, La Mulatiere (Rhone). C.C.P., Lyon 58917." ("Offerings for the Salesiennes Missions and information: Group Missionnaire, 9, Ch. of Fontaniere, La Mulatiere (Rhone). C.C.P., Lyon 58917.")
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Mission des R. R. P. P. Jesuites au Kwango. Kwango-Missie der E. E. P. P. Jezuiten in Kongo. "Chef Muyaka" "Muyaka, opperhoofd." A chief sits holding a parasol over one shoulder. Four other men flank him, two on either side., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Cameroun Francais - Missions des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin. "6. Un Chef en tenure de gala avec son fou masque". A chief is seated beneath an awning, smoking a long pipe. Beside him sits a man in a wooden mask. Numerous other people are gathered around the chief., and The back of the card has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is Procure de la Mission : 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xc)". "Edit. M. Brochard, 81, quai Fosse - Nantes".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Missions d'Afrique URUNDI [Burundi] - Chief chretien et sa petite famille. A Christian chief is seated with his wife and two children. The older of the children stands at his knee, while the younger is held by his wife., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed on it is "Soeurs Missionnaires de N.-D. d'Afrique,Birmandreis (Alger) Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie".
14. Visite de Chefs Mossis a la Mission Ouagadougou. ("14. Chiefs of the Mossi visit the Ouagadougou Mission.") A large crowd of indigenous men, some on horseback and some on foot, congregate on a flat lawn facing a large stone building. Postcard issued by "Mission d'Ouagadougou (Hte-Volta).", Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and printed with the following: "Collection de la Mission d'Ouagadougou."