“India – Series V ̶ 18. Entrata ad una tomba maomettana.” An ornate Muslim tomb entrance is depicted with recessed arches on each side of the main gate. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “IL Pontificio Istituto Delle Missioni Estere promuove la propagazione della fede e della civiltà in dieci vaste Missioni dell’ India, dell’ Indocina e della Cina. Sede generale: Milano (6-43) – Via Monterosa 81 – Telefono 40-115.” There is no handwriting on the back.
China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Container / Volume:
Box 333 | Folder 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and This tomb is not in Egypt but in Yangchow, Kiangsu, the city which Marco Polo governed for Kublai Khan. Pu Ha Tin, one of the early missionaries of Islam to China is buried here. It is a place of sacred pilgrimage along the grand Canal.
“India – Series V ̶ 16. Tomba di un Fachiro nell’interno del Forte di Agra.” A small tomb of a fakir is shown in an open plaza inside the Agra Fort. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “IL Pontificio Istituto Delle Missioni Estere promuove la propagazione della fede e della civiltà in dieci vaste Missioni dell’ India, dell’ Indocina e della Cina. Sede generale: Milano (6-43) – Via Monterosa 81 – Telefono 40-115.” There is no handwriting on the back.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Canal Ningpo [now Ningbo] "Background - grave of a monk or nun - cremated", and From the collection of the Hartwell family, two generations of American Baptist missionaries serving in China between 1858 and the 1940s.
“India – Series V ̶ 7. Parte superiore del Mausoleo do Akhar [Akbar].” The grand mausoleum of Akbar is depicted. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “IL Pontificio Istituto Delle Missioni Estere promuove la propagazione della fede e della civiltà in dieci vaste Missioni dell’ India, dell’ Indocina e della Cina. Sede generale: Milano (6-43) – Via Monterosa 81 – Telefono 40-115.” There is no handwriting on the back.
A large ornate four-sided mausoleum with columns and arches on all four sides stands in the middle of a flat open field. Two tall pointed stone monuments stand on two sides of the structure and the second story has another series of arches open to the sky., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title: "Madagascar - Tombeau du Premier Ministre de la Reine Ranavalo" ("Tomb of the Prime Minister of the Ranavalo Queen"). The back also contains printed information about the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd Arago, Paris".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon "Egypte - Tombeau d'un Musulman venere." A man leads an animal before a domed tomb. The tomb is shaded by numerous palms planted around it., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin is "Edition des Missions Africaines"
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Chang Chien Tomb at Nanking Several stone monuments stand before a rounded grass-covered hill., and This photograph is from the papers of Frank and Verna Garrett who served under the United Christian Missionary Society in the Nanjing area from 1896 to 1932.
“India – Series V ̶ 11. Tombe dei Re di Golconda con la veduta del Forte.” The Fort at Golconda is shown on a hill in the distance from the tomb complex. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “IL Pontificio Istituto Delle Missioni Estere promuove la propagazione della fede e della civiltà in dieci vaste Missioni dell’ India, dell’ Indocina e della Cina. Sede generale: Milano (6-43) – Via Monterosa 81 – Telefono 40-115.” There is no handwriting on the back.
