Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Madagascar. 2 - Musicien joueur de Valiha ("Musician player of the Valiha"). A young man sits on the ground in front of a block wall and holds a valiha in his lap. The valiha is a tube-shaped stringed instrument., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Procure des Missions, 73, Rue des Stations, LILLE - Bulletin 'Chine, Ceylon, Madagascar'". The back also contains information about the publisher: "Phototype - 49, rue de Canteleu, Lille".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Lorenzo and Ruth Bennett Morgan were American medical missionaries in the Jiangsu and Anhui provinces of China, serving under the Presbyterian and Methodist mission boards from 1905 to 1946., and This girl, 19 years old, while picking cherries lost her hold and fell to the ground. She sustained severe compound fracture of both legs below the knee. She was kept in the hospital for three months after which time she went home entirely well. She would certainly have died had she been treated by native methods. The picture was taken just before she went home.
181 Madagascar - Le sommeil du juste. A young woman is shown carrying an infant on her back and a woven basket atop her head., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "L'Oevre des Pretres Malgaches" "79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVc" "Ch. post. 567 39 Paris"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From the collection of the Hartwell family, American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s., and Miss T'ien Ts'wen Young. Since last year (1931) she has been able to sit up. A young woman disabled by arthritis is sitting in a wooden wheelchair.
A Chinese woman in a traditional Chinese dress stands a rock by the edge of a river. A Chinese sampan can be seen sailing on the river in the background., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Weighing fish (or cakes or something!) at the Girls' School. From A.G. Sanderson, Swatow, China. A young woman is using a weighted scale to weigh something in a wicker basket outside the Girls' School in Swatow [now Shantou], China.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., From the collection of Caroline Frost who was a missionary in South Africa serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions from 1897 to 1940., and Rachel Masinga A young African woman is standing beside an easel that holds a board with illustrations on it.
185 Madagascar - Coiffure de femme Betsimisaraka. A young woman carries an infant on her back. Her hair is plaited in small braided coils., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "L'Oevre des Pretres Malgaches" "79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVc" "Ch. post. 567 39 Paris"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Haut-Uele - Jeune Femme Mangbetou A young woman is shown in three-quarters profile from the shoulders up. Her hair is done in a carefully-shaped coiffure., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Imprimeries Reunies de Nancy".
