"Threshing rice." Farmers are shown in a rice field harvesting and threshing the grain by hand. Workers are depicted beating the bundles of straw against a screen fitted in a wooden box. The caption is handwritten on the back of the postcard.
“Giappone ̶ 15. La battitura del riso.” Women are shown threshing rice with wooden sticks. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “II. Pontificio Istituto Delle Missioni Estere promuove la propagazione della Fede e della Civiltà in nove vaste Missioni dell’India, dell’Indocina e della Cina. Sede generale – Milano – Via Monte Rosa. 81." There is no handwriting on the back.
“Betsiléo (Madagascar). 25. Battage du Riz.” Farm worker are shown in a field flailing bundles of rice stalks to separate the grain. There is no handwriting on the back of the postcard.
“12. – Kiniama – Battage du sorgho. Elizabethstad – Het dorschen van den sorgho.” Children take turns smashing sorghum grain with wooden bats. A missionary father oversees the work. “Missions Salésiennes du Congo Belge ̶ Première Série. Salesiaansche Zendingen in Belgisch Congo ̶ Eerste Reeks.” The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “Grace à votre charité nous avons pu fonder des Missions jusqu’ aux extrémités de la terre. Le Vénérable Don Bosco. Met hulp uwer m milddadigheid hebben wij zendingen kunnen stichfen in alle gewesten. De Eerbiedwaardie Don Bosco .” There is no handwriting on the back.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive. and Threshing floor A man and a horse in a field, threshing. There are several large bags on the right.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Cameroun Francais - Missions des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin. "1. Art indigene : Un trone historique sculpte d'un seul bloc de bois". Sultan Njoya stands beside his throne, with palms in the background. The throne itself is ornately carved of a single block of wood., 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".
“3. ̶ Madagascar. ̶ Foule malgache à Tananarive.” People are shown covering a hillside green in Antananarivo to attend a special event. A platform with people and a small tent can be side on one side of the hill. The following information is printed on the back of the postcard: “Pour ‘l’Œuvre des Prêtres Malgaches’, 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. Post. 567-39 Paris”. There is on handwriting on the back
"Worship in Lamasery at Batang." A group of Tibetan monks are gathered outside a building. Many are holding drums. and Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Archives of the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Container / Volume:
Box 416 | Folder 5313
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
A Tibetan boy standing in front of an open doorway. Other children are around him., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and One of a series of photographs taken by faculty from West China Union University.