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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 "A Congregation of Hyderabad Village Christians - With the harvest Thanksgiving Collection, which had just been made – fowls, eggs, melons, rice, etc. Most of these men earn less than sixpence a day - Photo by Mr. J. Vanner Early - Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Soc... -
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 "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 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 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: Postcard has a printed caption "The child standing up is Sumitri, rescued from cruel treatment, that has left her an invalid for life; now tenderly cared for in our Bangalore Boarding school - Women’s Wesleyan Missionary Society; Jubilee series 2." JPG file (145 KB) -
Date: 1906~ Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "S.P.G. Missionary Society Postcard No. 79 - A Hindu Ascetic under vow to stand for 12 years. He may rest on suspended cushion." There is a handwritten message in English on the back and the postcard is postmarked Oct 25 1906. -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Map showing locations of Protestant mission stations in the Bengal region of India. Emblems designating types of mission stations in this atlas are as follows: cross with circle at bottom is an American society; cross with circle to right is British; cross with circle at top is Continental; cross...
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