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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 ... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard has a printed caption "10. A Confirmation Scene - The majority of the candidates here are adult converts from heathenism. Many undergo great persecution to confess Christ. One a Telugu woman, when threatened, replied, “You may burn my house and even kill me, but I will never gi... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard has a printed caption "Playing at School - Baptist Missionary Society Pictorial Post Cards, 19, Furnival St., E.C." JPG file (155 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard is labeled on the back "A West African Village Church – The seats are narrow ridges of mud, the floor is mud, the walls are mud. But it may be this building cost more, by the Saviour’s reckoning, and is more precious to him, than your 10,000 Gothic sanctuary - WMMS Postcards. Series O.... -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Missionary Sisters of the Third Order Regular of Mary - For the Marist missions in the South Sea Islands 5. Chemin du signal, Sainte-Foy-les-Lyon, Rhone –France - Blessed Chanel’s Covent 13 Isabella St. Boston mass USA – Mat weaving Haapai Toga." JPG file (156 KB)