Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Portrait of Admiral Sah from 14 November 1937., and This photo is from the papers of Emily Susan Hartwell, an American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions missionary stationed in Foochow, Fukien from 1884.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 421 | Folder 5928
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Alice M. Boring. Studio portrait, wearing a Chinese-style dress and necklace with large beads., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and Boring was a science professor. Yenching University was later known as Yanjing da xue.
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., An itinerant crockery mender much appreciated when breakage occurred in our china and the big pitchers and washbasins. He drilled holes on either side of the break, then using small brass rivets, made the vessel as good as new., and Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., An itinerant restaurant man. He carries with him both food and fuel for a roadside snack. He advertises himself by means of a sort of rattle, which calls the hungry to sample his quick lunch., and Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa.
A baby with a blanket is in a baby-holder wooden barrel., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and From the collection of the Hartwell family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Sakalava Soldier, Madagascar, The Orient Exhibition "Copyright: London Missionary Society, 16 New Bridge Street, E. C." "Picture Post Card Department Rev. Chas. H. Vine, Manager". A bare-chested man wearing a white wrap about his waist stands holding a shield and spear, with a rifle slung across his shoulder., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting on it.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., CAMEROUN - Type Bassa. A Bassa man stands profiled, looking to the left of the photograph. He wears a dark cloth over his shoulder., and The back of the card has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd. Arago, Paris."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., An indigenous man wearing a patterned cloak around his body rings a bell which hangs from wooden stand in the middle of a flat, open field., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "BASUTOS. - Ils repondront a la voix de la cloche, car dans leur coeur ils ont repondu a l'appel de Dieu." ("BASUTOS. - They will answer the voice of the bell, for in their heart they answered the call of God.") The postcard is issued by the "Missions des Oblats de Marie Immaculee" and published by "Editions Apostoliques, 36, Rue de Trion, Lyon."
