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Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard shows child seated on wooden bench. The front is marked "No. 77." The back is labeled "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast." There is a handwritten comment in English: "This is my darling." JPG file (110 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard shows a smiling boy in a hat with a wide brim. The front is marked "No. 35." The back is labeled "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast." JPG file (92 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Wesleyan Church, Beaufort West." There is a handwritten message in Greek and English address on the back." JPG file (163 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "Worship of the Ox – Daily worship of the ox is enjoined in Hindu scriptures. The sacred bull in the picture is being led about from house to house for worship and offerings – WMMS Postcards. Series P." JPG file (126 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "Railway Station - No. 130." It shows numerous Africans in indigenous and Western dress, waiting, or walking along road, some carrying items on their heads. The back is labeled "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast." JPG file (113 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "Bathing in the sacred Ganges – Every Hindu desires to visit Benares, and to bathe in its holy waters is to make sure of the highest heaven of his dreams. The city of Benares has a population of 200,000, and the Methodist Church sends just two missionaries... -
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: 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: 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: Postcard has a printed caption "The Old Fort, Kumasi - No. 19." The back is labeled "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast." There is a handwritten message on the back:" A present from Emman Williams to his beloved friend Clifford Russel JPG file (114 KB)
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