cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83358
title: Missionary reading the Bible to girls, Mayapur, India, ca.1920-1940

description: Die Franziskanerinnen Missionärinnen Mariens.  Meliapur [Mayapur] (Indien) - Eine Katechismusstunde bei den kleinen Indierinnen."  A female missionary reads the Bible to a group of girls who are standing and sitting around her.  They are outside.  This postcard is a drawing and has been colorized.  Additional information on the back details the work of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.  All of the text is in German except a parenthetical that reads, "made in Italy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83359
title: Missionaries with indigenous people, Khandwa and Agra, India, ca.1920-1940

description: There is quite a lot of German text on this postcard, describing mission work in India and asking for donations.  The top half is a drawing with a Madonna and Child in the center.  On the bottom are two colorized pictures of missionaries with groups of indigenous men, women, and children.  There is a handwritten address on the back.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83360
title: Man in a boat on a river, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Rivière Des Indes."  A man uses a pole to push his boat down a river.  The river's banks are quite high.  People watch the man in the boat from the edge of the banks.  A small bridge cross the river behind the man with the boat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83361
title: Students and missionaries, Meerut, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Scuola della Missione dei P.P. Cappuccini - Meerut (India)."  Missionaries and students pose for the camera.  Some of the students are children and others are teenagers.  They are all outside.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83362
title: Children praying, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Gruss und Dank aus Indien."  Children gather around a statue of a saint and clasp their hands in prayer.  This postcard has been colorized.  Additional information on the card asks for donations and indicates that they be sent to Paderborn, Germany.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83363
title: Missionary teaching the Catechism to orphans, Cuttack, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Orphanage, Sisters of St. Joseph, Cuttak [Cuttack]."  A female missionary is teaching young girls a Catechism lesson.  They are sitting and standing around her and watching as she points to a picture in a book.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83364
title: Missionaries and young men, India, ca.1920-1940

description: Male missionaries pose with young men.  These men look like they may be studying to be priests and/or monks.  However, there is no caption on this postcard, only a handwritten address.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83365
title: Orphans and missionaries at a well in a garden, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Maiengrüsse aus Indien im HI. Jahr 1933.  Im Waisenhausgarten der Mission Kalavoor (Südindien)."  Missionaries and children are standing in the orphanage garden of the mission Kalavoor.  Many of the children have jugs which they either have filled or are filling with water form the central well.  The postcard has been colorized and there is an image of a painting of Madonna and Child above the garden scene.  A typed note on the back asks for financial assistance for missions.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83366
title: Indigenous and European Sisters, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Une leçon sous les Cocotiers. - Couvent des Soeurs Indiennes à Waltair."  Indigenous and European Sisters pose for the camera around a coconut tree.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83367
title: Father Dühr, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Rev. Fr. Dühr, S. J., Missionary, Suseyapperpatnam, Kaliarkoil P. O. (S. India)."  Father Dühr poses for the camera.  He is carrying his hate and a walking stick.  He is wearing classes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83368
title: Missionary with Indian princes, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Petits Princes Indiens. - Mission des Soeurs de St-Joseph d'Annecy."  A missionary Sister poses with four Indian princes.  They are young boys.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83369
title: Two boys, India, ca.1920-1940

description: Two boys pose for the camera.  They have necklaces on and scarves around their necks.  There is a handwritten note on the back.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83370
title: Hindu Muslim man, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missions Salésiennes.  Indes I. 1. Hindou musulman."  This man wears a turban on his head, is smoking a pipe, has a beard, and looks off to the side.  The caption indicates that he is a Hindu Muslim.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83371
title: People gathered at the gate to the Rosary Chapel of an orphanage, Borivli, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Eingang zu der Allee der Rosenkranz-Kapellchen des Waisenhauses Mount Poinsur bei Borivli (Indien)."  People line the street outside the open gate to the entrance of the Rosary Chapel of the orphanage at Mount Poinsur Borivli.  This postcard has been colorized.  There is a typed note on the back asking for monetary support, as well as a handwritten note.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83372
title: Five men, Assam, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Mission Salésienne De L'Assam - Indes Anglaises.  10. - Types de Banfaru Nagas."  Three men sit on the ground and two sit on a short wall.  They are all wearing decorative headgear and some are carrying sticks that are very decorated.  They might be spears.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83373
title: Two elderly men, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "9 Missions des Indes - Chefs d'Itiki."  Two elderly men pose for the camera in front of a covered wagon.  There is a handwritten note on the back.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83374
title: Missionaies caring for women and young children, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Les Baptiseuses à l'oeuvre. - Indes - Mission des Soeurs de St-Joseph d'Annecy."  Mission sisters caring for women and their young children in front of thatched-roof homes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83375
title: Children saying grace, India, ca.1920-1940

description: Die Franziskanerinnen Missionärinnen Mariens.  Barramulla - Kashmir (Indien) - "Gib uns heute unser tägliches Brot"."  Children wearing hats or turbans kneel outside and give thanks for the food which is sitting on a table, ready for them to eat.  A mission Sister stands next to them.  This postcard has been colorized.  Additional information asks for financial assistance.  Also, the postcard is placed and dated as "Roma, 1925.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83376
title: Women in dance costumes, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Mission Salésienne De L'Assam - Indes Anglaises.  12. - Costume de danse chez les Khasis."  Women in dance costumes stand in rows in the town square.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83377
title: Children with a missionary, Assam, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Mission Salésienne De L'Assam - Indes Anglaises.  8. - Groupe d'enfants rachetés par le sou de la Sainte-Enfance."  Children pose with a male missionary.  Some of them are holding dolls.  One is holding a hat and so is the missionary.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83378
title: Fakir man and Garo woman, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Mission Salésienne De L'Assam - Indes Anglaises.  Fakir indien.  Femme de la tribu de Garo."  A man of the Fakir tribe and a woman from the Garo tribe are pictured here.  The woman has very large earrings and the man is wearing a necklace.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83379
title: Lepers' asylum, Puducherry, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Lepers' asylum, Pondicherry [Puducherry]."  Lepers either stand in the yard or sit in chairs or on the ground.  There is a large building behind them and palm trees all around them.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83380
title: Mission Church building, Cherrapunji, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missioni Salesiane Dell'Assam - India - Serie II.  20. - Missione di Cherrapunji."  This is an exterior view of the mission's church building.  Additional information indicates that donations be sent to Torino, Italy.  There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83381
title: Dead missionary and mourners, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "12. Il missionario che muore nella sua missione compie il suo sacrificio ed entra nella gloria."  A dead missionary is laid out on the floor with this hands clasped around his Bible.  Men, women, children, and another missionary stand and sit near him.  Two angels are above them.  This is a drawn postcard and has been colorized.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83382
title: Young female students and teachers, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Indes Anglaises. Ecole des religieuses indigènes."  Girls ranging in age pose for the camera.  They are part of a school for religious students.  Four indigenous Sisters who are presumably their teachers stand behind them in the doorway of a small building.  There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83383
title: Christian community and church building, Nimpani, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Evang. Fosterlands-Stiftelsens mission I Indien.  Tre brudpar och den kristna församlingen utanför Nimpani kyrka."  Men, women, and children of a Christian community gather outside a church building.  There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83384
title: Woman with mangoes, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "L'Inde.  L'Enfant aux Mangues.  Jeune Catholique Ouraon."  A young woman holds a shallow basket full of mangoes on her shoulder and another mango in the hand that is not holding the basket.  She is wearing a crucifix around her neck.  This postcard was printed in Brussels, Belgium.  There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83385
title: Priest and Man in front of unfinished factory, India, ca.1920-1940

description: La chiesa e' una fabbrica mai finita..aiutateci…I nostri ragazzi hanno bisogno di Riso."  A priest and a man in a suit stand in front of a building that is an unfinished church and factory.  The caption on the back asks for financial assistance.  A stamp on the back reads, "Don Mario Provincial House-Don Boace, Guwahati 781 001, Assam-India.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83386
title: Children, India, ca.1920-1940

description: Children gather near some bushes and trees.  Some of them sit on the ground and others are holding a sign that asks for financial assistance.  There is a handwritten note on the front and back of this postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83387
title: Church and missionaries' residence, Kochi, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missies der Ongeschoeide Carmelieten, in Malabar [Kochi], Zuid-India. &lt;&gt;"  A small church with a thatched roof and the adjoining homes of missionaries is depicted with three missionaries standing in front of the church.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83388
title: People walking up and down a street, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "India - Serie I - 3.  Una strada pittoresca."  People walk up and down a street with a few buildings on each side and many palm trees.  Closest to the camera are two men standing and two other men driving an ox which is pulling a cart.  Information on the back directs monetary donations to Milano, Italy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83389
title: Reverend Lambertz praying to a statue of Mary and baby Jesus, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Le Révérend Monsieur Jean-Corneille-Martin Lambertz.  Fondateur de l'Institut des Religieuses Ursulines de Thildonck.  Mort en odeur de Sainteté, le 12 mai 1869."  Reverend John Cornelius Martin Lambertz kneels in prayer before a statue of crowned Mary with Jesus.  He was the founder of the Institute of the Ursuline Sisters of Thildonck and ied on May 12, 1869.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83390
title: Wagons and people on a street, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "India - Serie I - 1. Strada fiancheggiata da palme di cocco."  Covered wagons pulled by oxen are stopped along the side of a street lined with coconut palm trees.  A few people are walking in the other direction.  Some small homes also line the street.  Information on the back directs monetary donations to Milano, Italy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83391
title: Man on a horse with a stringed instrument, Khandwa, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Dankbare Grüβe ans den Indischen Missionen.  Bekehrter Götzenpriester (Sadhu).  Fromme Gaben u. Mitteilungen sende man an Ehrw. Frater Paulus, Missionsprokurator in Paderborn. Westf."  A man sits on a horse and is carrying a strigned instrument.  There is a small church behind him.  Text on both the front and back of the postcard asks for donations to the Catholic Mission of Khandwa.  There is also a handwritten address on the back.  This postcard has been colorized
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83392
title: Girl praying, Chennai, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Wat maakt ge ons gelukkig! - Madras-Missie [Chennai]."  A girl clasps her hands in prayer and smiles for the camera.  There is a handwritten note on the back and text that asks for donations.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83393
title: People going into a church, Thandla, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "L'Inde des Rajas. Thandla - Eglise du Saint Coeur de Marie."  People gather outside the Church of the Holy Heart of Mary.  Some are leaving and some are entering.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83394
title: St. Ignatius and St. Francis Xavier, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Le Missioni della Compagnia di Gesù - Serie I. - Corona d'Apostoli.  2. S. Ignazio, Fondatore della Compagnia di Gesù manda alle lontane Indie.  S. Francesco Saverio primo Missionario Gesuita."  This is a drawing of St. Ignatius sending St. Francis Xavier to the edges of India.  They are on the steps of a building.  Additional information directs donations to Venice, Italy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83395
title: Girl with bow and arrow, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "4. Retour de chasse."  A girl wearing rags and holding a bow and arrow stars at the camera.  She is prepared to go hunting.  Additional information directs donations to Brussels, Belgium.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83396
title: Girl with jewelry, Punjab, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missions des Pères Capucins: Pundjab [Punjab] (Ind.) Parure."  A girl with lots of jewelry on stares off to the side of the camera.  She has on a neckalce, many earrings, a large hoop through her nose, and ornaments in her hair.  Additional information directs donations to Antwerp, Belgium.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83397
title: Two children and a missionary, Bangladesh, ca.1920-1940

description: "Les Ursulines De Thildonck Au Bengale."  Two children pose with a female missionary in front of some small palm trees.  The children are wearing rags and necklaces.  There is a handwritten note on the back of the postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83398
title: Two men, Kochi, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Mission des Carmes déchaussés au Malabar [Kochi]. - Indes Anglaises.  Mr. Sébastien, Charpentier de l'Orphelinat de Mulagumudu, Sud-Travancore."  A man in a suit with his hat in his hand is on the left and a man with a saw wearing a toga-like garment and a turban is on the right.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/e2gl8i/cbejm0
title: Puccinia graminis Persoon F-3342.jpg

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83399
title: Indigenous and European Sisters, Punjab, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missions des Pères Capucins: Pundjab [Punjab] (Ind.) Soeurs indigènes."  Indigenous Sisters stand in a row with a European Sister sitting in front of them.  Additional information directs donations to Antwerp, Belgium.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/e2gl8i/rj3ksi
title: Puccinia graminis Persoon F-3342.tif

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83400
title: Orphans and missionaries, Punjab, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missions des Pères Capucins: Pundjab [Punjab] (Ind.) Orphelines."  Many orphans sit and stand as they pose for the camera with a few female missionaries.  Additional information directs donations to Antwerp, Belgium.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/e2gl8i/jb0qla
title: Puccinia graminis Persoon F-3342 (2).jpg

description: :unav
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83401
title: Indigenous seminarians, Punjab, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Missions des Pères Capucins: Pundjab [Punjab] (Ind.) Séminaristes indigènes."  Indigenous seminarians stand in two rows along each side of a walkway.  On the left are arches and on the right are doors.  Additional information directs donations to Antwerp, Belgium.
DOI: 10.48370/ofd/e2gl8i
title: Puccinia graminis Persoon, 3342

description: Fungarium Micromycetes
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83402
title: Missionaries, Punjab, India, ca.1920-1940

description: Missions des Pères Capucins: Pundjab [Punjab] (Ind.) Missionarissen.  Missionaries pose for the camera with some standing and others sitting in front of them.  Most of them have large beards.  Additional information directs donations to Antwerp, Belgium.  There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83403
title: Girl weaving at a loom, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Blick in die Webschule (Missionsstation Mayavaram/Ostindien)."  A girl sits at a loom at a weaving school.  She works intently.  The publisher is Echte Potographie and information on the back indicates that this postcard was published by a mission in Leipzig, Germany.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83404
title: Missionaries preparing for a journey, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Catéchistes Missionnaires de Marie Immaculée.  En Expèdition, le dèpart."  Missionaries prepare to depart on a journey.  Two missionaries stand next to a covered wagon pulled by oxen, while a third is in the wagon.  One man holds the oxen in place, another passes up a package to the missionary in the wagon, and a third stands next to the wagon carrying a basket on his head.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83405
title: Missionaries aiding the sick at a dispensary, Kumbakonam, India, ca.1920-1940

description: Catéchistes Missionnaires de Marie-Immaculée. - Hindoustan [Hindustan]. - Hôpital Sainte-Anne. - Kumbakonam.  Le Dispensaire en activité. - La Doctoresse."  Missionaries care for women and children at a dispensary.  They are all on the front porch and steps of the building.  The postcard notes the publisher as "Regnault, photo - Orléans.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83406
title: Orphans walking with missionaries, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Orphelinat de l'Enfant Jésus de Prague, à Mulagumudu, Diocèse de Quilon.  218 Orphelines en file pour la promenade de tous les Dimanches."  Many orphans walk two-by-two in lines after church on Sunday.  Missionaries, both indigenous and European, walk with them.  A few of the youngest sit on the ground at the front of the line.  The orphanage building is behind them.  There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83407
title: Woman and her children, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Gelukkige huismoeder."  A woman carries a baby and is accompanied by three young children.  They are outside.  Additional information directs donations to Leuven, Netherlands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83408
title: Miriam Topno praying at Father Lievens's grave, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Miriam Topno, een Indische vrouw door Pater Lievens gedoopt, biddend op zijn graf te Heverlee-bij-Leuven.  Pater Lievens werd begraven in het gemeenschappelijk Jezuïeten-graf van Heverlee-kerkhof."  Miriam Topno, an Indian woman baptized by Father Lievens, prays by his grave.  She is kneeling and her hands are clasped in prayer.  Additional information directs donations to Leuven, Netherlands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83409
title: Aerial view of a river and some homes, Srirangam, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Series IX. - 2. Panorama at Seringam [Srirangam]."  In this aerial view, people wash in a river and there are a few houses nearby.  A pagoda is visible in the distance.  Additional information on the back notes that postcard profits benefit Industrial Schools in India.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83410
title: Boys and men with their missionary teacher, Vishakhapatnam, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "La formation des futurs Sauveurs de l'Inde. - Le Petit Séminaire de Mgr Rossillon (Diocèse de Vizagapatam [Vishakhapatnam])."  Boys and young men gather around an elderly missionary with a long beard.  They are students and he is their teacher.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83411
title: Oxen, a covered wagon, and a boy, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Series XIII. - 5. Bulloks and Carriage for Missionaries."  A boy stands in front of a two oxen and a covered wagon.  The oxen are not yet yolked.  Additional information on the back notes that postcard profits benefit Industrial Schools in India.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83412
title: Farm with oxen and covered wagons, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Series XIV. - 5. Hindu farm."  Oxen and covered wagons, not yolked to each other, stand in the yard of a farm.  The farmhouse is in the background and has a thatched-roof.  Additional information on the back notes that postcard profits benefit Industrial Schools in India.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83413
title: Men plowing rice fields, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Labourage des Champs de riz."  Two men are plowing rice fields with oxen attached to plows.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83414
title: Men with buckets of rubber, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "India - Serie V - Istantanee - 7. Portatori di gomma."  Men carry sticks on their shoulders that have buckets on either end.  They have been gathering rubber from rubber trees.  Additional information directs donations to Parma, Italy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83415
title: Girls at a well, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Les Ursulines de l'Institut de Thildonck dans la Mission du Bengale, Indes.  Autour du puits."  Girls gather around a well, standing next to it, sitting on it, and standing on top of it.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83416
title: Lievens family and their farm house, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "De Lievens-hoeve te Moorslede.  Constant Lievens werd geboren te Moorslede den 11den April 1856, het 7de van 11 kinderen."  The Lievens family stands outside their farm house.  There is a well in front of them.  Additional information directs donations to Leuven, Netherlands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83417
title: School children helping to build a monastery, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "De Ursulinen van Thildonck in de Missie van Bengalen, Indië.  Schoolkinderen van Noatoll helpen gaarne bij het opbouwen van het klooster."  School children are helping to build the monastery by carrying bricks and other building items on their heads.  One boy has a pick-ax.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83418
title: Men of the "Wonder Class" of Roeselaere, Roeselare, Belgium, ca.1920-1940

description: "De "Wonderklas" van Roeselaere [Roeselare].  Constant Lievens (1) eindigde zijn humaniora aan het Kl. Sem. Van Roeselaere in 1876, ais klasgenoot van Albr. Rodenbach, (2) onder leiding van Hugo Verriest (3)."    Men of the "Wonder Class" of Roeselare pose for a class photo.  Additional information directs donations to Leuven, Netherlands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83419
title: Young girl, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Que me voulez-vous?  Mission Indienne des P.P. Jesuites."  A young girl stares at the camera while holding a plant of some kind in one hand.  The plant is out of focus.  Additional information directs donations to Louvain, Belgium.  There is a handwritten note on the back of this postcard.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83420
title: Snake charmer collecting donations, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "India - Serie V - Istantanee - 3. L'incantatore di serpenti gira col piattello dopo lo spettacolo."  A snake charmer, having finished his show, passes a plate around to collect donations.  A group of men, women, and children are gathered in a semi-circle around him.  Additional information directs donations to Parma, Italy.  There is a handwritten note on the back.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-83421
title: Wrestlers, India, ca.1920-1940

description: "Series I. - 5. Indian Wrestlers."  Two men wrestle each other outside a thatched-roof house.  Three people watch them.  Additional information on the back notes that postcard profits benefit Industrial Schools in India.