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Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Missionaire et indigenes - Missionary and natives." The back is labeled "Missionaires du Sacre-coeur d’Issoudun - Pappouasie- Nouvelle-Guinee (Oceanie) / Sacred Heart Fathers – Papua." JPG file (126 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "A Typical Burmese Village Family (photo by Mr. J. Vanner Early) . In this case, it is the father who carries the baby and the mother who sits smoking. - Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society 17 Bishopsgate St. Within, E.C." JPG file (139 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has printed captions "Types de la Montagne" and "Dans la Montagne. Indigenes." The back is labeled "Missionaires du Sacre-coeur d’Issoudun - Papouasie- Nouvelle-Guinee (Oceanie)." JPG file (115 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "A Ward in a Chinese hospital - Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 27, Chancery Lane, Londo, W.C. Series XII." JPG file (130 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "SPG Missionary Postcard No. 77 - Fijians at work making fans and mats. The SPG is woking amongst the coolies in Fiji." There is a handwritten message in English on the back. JPG file (179 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard has a printed caption "The Goddess Kali. This photograph is taken form a picture sold in Bengal to be hung up on the wall and worhsipped. Kail holds a demon’s head; round her neck is a string of skulls, and her tongue is red with the blood in which she delights. She is worship... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "The African “Coach and Four” – The hammock slung from a frame that rests on the heads of four men, or from a pole borne by two, is t he method of West African travel for those who cannot trudge on foot. It looks delightful, but - ! WMMS Postcards Series O... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "How they dine in India: This is the style of well-to-do India where western fashions have not yet come in. No chairs, no table, no jacket; a section of banana leaf to serve for tablecloth and lates and dishes. And the wife to stand and serve her lord unt... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "The Blind musician – Blindness is a terribly common affliction among children in China, and means begging and shame except where Christian benevolence comes to the rescue. The David Hill Blind school at Hankow does a noble work of mercy for such children.... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard has a printed caption "9. A Home for lepers - By the wayside in India the leper is still begging for alms. Missionaries have erected leper homes in many places, caring for them. Many have been converted, one man at Bhagalpur, in 1905, after ten years teaching. “Sinners gather ...