9 - MISSION D'ABYSSINIE - Soldat Abyssin catholique, de la tribu des Irobs. ("Catholic Abyssin soldier, of the tribe of Irobs.") In front of a stone house, a man dressed in a white robe poses with a spear and a shield in his hands and a sword in his belt., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and The worship of ancestors costs the Empire of China 30,000 000 pounds annually. The total number of Christian adherents in China in connexion[sic] with the C.M.S. is places at nearly 27,000. The image depicts two Chinese men and a boy in an altar room praying and doing rites for ancestor worship. The postcard is written on back and front.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Kath. Kirche und Missionshaus- Anecho ("Cath. Church and Missions house- Anecho") Anecho [Aneho] A side-angle view of an Anecho Cathedral, with a mission house in the background. A few people are standing by the mission house. The front of the postcard contains printed information about the publisher: "Original- Aufn. von Br. Damasus." and the Catholic misison agency: "Verlag Kath. Mission- Lome.", and The back of the postcard is blank.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The back of the postcard is blank., and Une thermitiere (nid de fourmis) a Palime (Togo) ("Nest of ants in Palime [Kpalime]") Five children are outside with a missionary sister standing amidst tall grass and in front of an ant hill. One child is standing on the hill. The front of the postcard also contains the information about the Catholic mission agency: "Congregation des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Venissieux (Rhone)"
Afrique Centrale Nyasaland - Vicariat apostolique du Shire - Pere de la Cie de Marie "Antilopes Orytragne (Male et femelle)". The postcard is divided in two vertically, the upper portion showing a reclining antelope doe and the lower portion showing a reclining antelope buck. Both are set outdoors in thick underbrush., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is closely covered with handwriting.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Congo. Tielen - De apotheek. A missionary is seated to peer into a microscope, with racks of bottles behind him on the shelves. To the right, a man stands looking on., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Eigendom der 'Missien van Scheut'."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Ketjetia, Kumasi No. 95. A broad cleared space is shown inside the crook of a line of railway tracks. In the near distance, rows of large market buildings can be seen., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Nouvelle-Caledonie - Araucarias dans le sud de l'ile. ("New Caledonia - Araucaria in the south of the island.") A grove of araucaria trees stands on the opposite shore of a bay., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Boulev. Arago, Paris." The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., The Archbishop is standing inside in the midst of a group of men. There are other clergy men amongst the group., and The back of the postcard is blank and includes the caption: "Son Excellence Mrg. Nicolas Kinsch, Archeveque de Stanleyville, avec un groupe de Jeunes Congolais" ("His Excellency Mrg. Nicolas Kinsch, Archbishop of Stanleyville, with a group of Young Congolese")
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Arrivee du bateau de la Mission a Bougainville. - Archipel des Salomon. ("Arrival of the boat from the Mission at Bougainville. - Archipelago of Solomon.") In a wide bay, fifteen children wade in the shallow water near the shore while various adults stand on the land. A large boat is visible sailing toward the shore., and Postcard issued by "Missions des Peres Maristes en Oceanie," a Catholic missionary order. The back of the postcard is blank and contains information from the publisher: "Sous-Procure des Missions - 6, Rue de Bagneux, Paris VIe."
