Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Cameroun Francais - Missions des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin. "3. Un grand Chef avec deux "djou-djou" policiers masques". A chief stands leaning on a staff, flanked by two men in print shirts and wooden masks. Another man stands beside the trio, holding a horn made of an elephant tusk., 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".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., PAYSAGES D'AFRIQUE - GABON - PALMIERS A HUILE ("LANDSCAPES OF AFRICA - GABON - PALM TREES HAVE OILS.") In the midst of a forest two men with axes cut pieces from a tall palm tree. A young boy is with them sitting at the base of the tree., and The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Boulev. Arago, Paris."
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., 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., and Travel by wheelbarrow was very common in the old days in China. Sometimes half of the barrow carried luggage, or even a squealing pig. No horn was needed to clear the way: the wheel provided its own noise.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Colonie du Niger - Confection d'un grenier à mil ("Preparation of a millet granary") Two men are outside creating a thatched hut., and The back of the postcard has a handwritten note and includes information about the publisher: "Collection Labitte- Reproduction interdite"
1. An Inquest. Two men carry a pole between them through a field, cloth draping the pole. Other men stand and sit around them., Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed at the edge of the correspondence section is "EDWARD SANDERS, MISSAO INGLEZA, BIE ANGOLA".
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., 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., and Counting 'cash' in the days before copper and silver coins were minted. The brass cash had square holes, and were strung in units of 100, ten of which made a 'tiao', the rough equivalent of a dollar. The 2 young men in the photo, Kung and Pao, came with a third, Tai, to OTL [Oliver Tracy Logan] soon after his return in 1901, and asked to be trained in Western medicine. After a sort of apprenticeship in the old hospital, they were sent to medical school, were graduated, and returned to join the staff in Chanteh [now Changde]. Dr. Pao, (right) was with OTL [Oliver Tracy Logan]at the end and was heartbroken that he could not save him.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., 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]., and Two Chinese men use a bridge consisting of a series of man-made stepping stones to cross a river. They are both carrying baskets. One of them has what appears to be a walking stick. Mountains dominate the background.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive., Missions du Sud-Afrique - Serie III - La visite des postes de la montagne (Basutoland). Two men cross a shallow river on horseback, a pack animal led nearby. Low mountains are visible in the distance., and The back of the postcard has no handwriting. Printed in the margin of the correspondence section is "Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculee" "Oeuvre des Missions O. M. I. - 75 Rue de l'Assumption - Paris (XVIc), Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculee, Revue Mensuelle 10 fr. C. C. 99-99, Paris."
