cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14285
title: Catholic church, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Facade de l'Eglise- Voorgevel van de Kerk." ("Front of the church") There are two missionary fathers and approximately six children on the steps of the large brick church. The children are running up the stairs and to the front door of the church. The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15645
title: Child with chicken feathers, Kisantu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: 49. Punition d'un petit voleur de Poules. Kisantu - Gestrafte hoenderdief."  ("Punishment of a small chicken thief") A child is posed outside wearing feathers on his head and around his waist. There is also handwriting in French on the front of the postcard.; The back of the postcard contains a handwritten note in French and also contains information about the mission agency: "Mission du Kwango. Kwango - Missie.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14284
title: Two village scenes, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Les filles s'amusent!... rond! rond! macaron...- Dartele meisjes aan 't spel." ("The girls are having fun ... Round! Round! ...") The first picture is an aerial view of a large group of children playing outside. They are holding hands and are forming three large circles. The second picture has the following caption: "Les garcons a leur premier parade.- De jongens aan hunne eerste parade marsch." ("The boys had their first parade.") A group of young men are lined in rows, marching down a dirt road.The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14279
title: Children learning the catechism, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Comment un petit noir s'improvise catechiste.- Hoe een jongen catechist wordt." ("How  a small black says the catechism") A large group of children are sitting outside, while one small boy is standing, practicing the catechism. The children are sitting in an open area surrounded by thatched huts.The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14287
title: Members of a boy's choir, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Four choir boys are standing pose outside a large brick church. They are all wearing choir robes.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The back also includes the caption: "Enfants de Choeur- Misdienaars" ("Childrens choir") and also "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"  "Coll. Elslander."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15943
title: Interns posed outside with clergy, Loango, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: 18. Loango - Groupe des internes de la Mission" ("Group of interns of the Mission") A group of interns (some dressed in traditional clothing) are standing and sitting outside posed with the clergy of the Loanga mission.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Impressions des Arts photographiques Pacalet, 6, rue Servient - Lyon
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14278
title: Construction on the Ankoro church, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: An exterior view of a church under construction. There are a number of people working on different areas of the chapel as one missionary father places the cross on the top of the building. There is a dirt area around the construction zone and large branches are used as scaffolding.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander." and also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The back of the postcard also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart" The back also includes the caption: "Le R. Pere Elslander place la croix sur la Tour. Pater Elslander plaatst het Kruls op den Toren." ("Father Eslander places the cross on the tower.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15772
title: Girls preparing a meal, Kolwezi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: A group of girls are outside preparing a meal by a wooden bench. There a a number of baskets, buckets and other objects nearby that they are using to prepare the food.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains the caption: "Kolwezi. N.- D. des Lumieres. Les fillettes preparent le repas." ("Girls prepare the meal") There is also information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles"
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14204
title: Procession through town, Aketi, Congo, ca.1925-1940

description: Aketi (Uele)- La Procession." A group of individuals mostly dressed in white are participating in a procession through the town.  "Societe des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo" is printed on the front of the postcard.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14231
title: Kitchen and laundry house at mission, Amadi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Amadi - Cuisine et buanderie- Keuken en wachhuis" A Caucasian man poses with several indigenous men outside a large brick building with a thatched roof.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Oeuvre des Vocations et des Missions Dominicaines Roeping- en Missiewerk der EE. PP. Predikheeren. Mission Dominicaine de l'Uele Oriental. Congo Belge Dominikaansche Missie in Belgisch Congo
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14289
title: Fighting sleeping sickness, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Lutte contre la maladie du sommeil- Examen medical. - Bestrijding der slaapziekte- Geneeskundig onderzoek " ("Fighting sleeping sickness-medical examination") A man who is outside sitting at a desk is peering into a microscope. A large group is sitting around him. A church can be seen in the distance.The front of the postcard also includes information about the Catholic mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14254
title: Portraits of friends and a child, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Avoir un bon copain...- Wij zingn gezworen kameraden..." ("Having a good friend..." "We are sworn comrades...") The first of the two photos depicts two men walking and smiling outside.  One man is wearing a hat and the other's hat is tucked under his arm. The caption of the second photograph reads: "Est li content?- Is hij blijgezind?" ("Is he happy") A child is posed outside wearing a dark hat and traditional clothing.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander." "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart" and also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15771
title: Two children bathing, Kolwezi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: One child is sitting in a wash basin while the other sits nearby.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains the caption: "Kolwezi. N.- D. des Lumieres. Galula et N'Domba." There is also information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles"
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14290
title: Group baptism, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Bapteme d'un groupe de filles.- Doopsel van een groep meisjes." ("Baptism of a group of girls") A large group is standing outside a brick church, as some await baptism.The front of the postcard also includes information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15912
title: Large group of men outside a cathedral, Lemfu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Retraite d'hommes à Lemfu. (900 présences)." ("Retired men Lemfu. (900 attendance).") Panoramic view of a crowd of men flowing out of Lemfu cathedral.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Mission des RR. PP. Jesuites au Kwango (Congo Belge).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14237
title: Children at an orphanage, Amadi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Amadi -Orphelinant - Weeze-kinderen" ("Orphanage") A group of children are standing outside posed  in rows, in front of a structure made of bricks.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Oeuvre des Vocations et des Missions Dominicaines Roeping- en Missiewerk der EE. PP. Predikheeren. Mission Dominicaine de l'Uele Oriental, Congo Belge Dominikaansche Missie in Belgisch Congo
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14291
title: Priests' home and primary school, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Couvent des peres et ecoles primaires.- Doopsel van een groep meisjes." ("Fathers' convent and secondary schools") A missionary father is walking around outside near a large brick building. Others can be seen in the building also.The front of the postcard also includes information about the Catholic mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The front also includes: "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains: "Coll. Elslander.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15799
title: Altar in a chapel, Kolwezi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: An interior view of a chapel facing the altar.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains the caption: "Kolwezi. N.- D. des Lumieres. La Chapelle." ("The Chapel") There is also information about the printer: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles"
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14288
title: Five young friends, Ankoro, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Five boys are outside posed for a group portrait.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Missions des Peres du St. Esprit- Missien der Paters van den H. Geest". The back also includes the caption: "Lequel des cinq est le plus joyeux?- Wie van de vijf zout smakelijkst lachen?" ("Which of the five is the most joyous?") and also "Ankoro - Sacre-Coeur, Kataga-Congo, Ankoro- H. Hart"  "Coll. Elslander."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15758
title: Two young sisters, Kivu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Kivou- Les deux Soeurs" ("Two Sisters") Two girls wearing jewelry pose outside together for a portrait. "Missions d'Afrique"; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the Catholic mission agency: "Soeurs Missionnaires de N- D. d'Afrique, Birmandreis (Alger) - Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m15647
title: Man climbing a palm tree, Kisantu, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: 44. Tireur de Malafu. - Kisantu - Palmwijntrekker." Four people are standing under a palm tree by a large palm branch, as a man has climbed to the top of the tree.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Mission du Kwango. Kwango - Missie.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2144
title: Women students demonstrating martial arts, Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1928

description: 2 students of Yenching Women's College; Chinese Boxing; March 1928; Outside of Sage Hall
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60283
title: Dragon boats, Wuchow, China, 1935

description: Photograph of Dragon boats with many bear-chested men sitting and rowing.  At either end of the boat is  man dressed in white wearing a white helmet. There are several people swimming next to the boats.  Buildings in the village can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60279
title: Dragon boats, Wuchow, China, 1935

description: Photograph of a dragon boats powered by a large team of bare-chested male rowers.  At either end of the boat is man dressed in white wearing a white hat. There are several people swimming next to the boat.  Buildings in the village can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4242
title: Tents of Northern soldier camp at Yueyang, Hunan Province, China, ca.1926

description: "Camps on river bank at Yochow, Hunan Prov. Northern soldiers."  Numerous white tents set up along river bank.; Mary W. Caldwell was a missionary serving under the American Presbyterian Mission, South in Taichow, Jiangsu province, who took a trip through Gansu province in 1926.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60120
title: Maryknoll Sister Agnes Cazale showing a boy rosary beads, Wuchow, China, ca. 1940-1949

description: Photograph of a smiling Maryknoll Sister Agnes Cazale kneeling down to show a set of rosary beads to a barefoot Chinese boy. He holds them in his right hand.  The corner of a building is  visible on the left side of the photograph.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3125
title: Students at Methodist training school for Chinese women, China, 1897

description: A corner of training school, school room. Mrs. Po in the foreground. She refused to unbind her feet until her second year in school. Then she unbound her feet, as did all who entered school in the autumn of 1897. From which date no bound feet in school.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3174
title: Officers of Standard Bearers club at Methodist girls' boarding school, Beijing, China, 1904

description: "'Standard Bearer' Officers."  A group of women students in a classroom.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4248
title: Rope making in Siuli, Hubei Province, China, ca.1926

description: "Rope making. Siuli, Hupeh Prov."  Several individuals are working in an open area with a house in the background.; Mary W. Caldwell was a missionary serving under the American Presbyterian Mission, South in Taichow, Jiangsu province, who took a trip through Gansu province in 1926.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3156
title: Interior of residence of women Methodist missionaries, Beijing, China, 1903

description: "Interior of house at 'East End'.  A woman missionary is sitting at a wooden desk, with a chair and wall decorations behind.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60155
title: Amanohashidate, Japan, December 1937

description: Photograph of "Amanohashidate. Scenic place of Japan. Miyasu - near Amanohashidate is an important port and great shipping point between Japan proper and Chosen and Manchukuo."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60097
title: Maryknoll Sister Regina Marie talking to a local woman, Wuchow, China, 1949

description: Photograph of Maryknoll Sister Regina Marie in front of brick building in Wuchow, China.  She is talking to a barefoot local woman dressed in pants who has one foot on top of a fallen tree trunk.  There is laundry hanging in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3148
title: Gatekeeper of Methodist school and family, at former Boxer headquarters,Beijing, China, ca.1900

description: Front Court of 'Boxer Headquarters' -- Faithful gatekeeper Kuo (?) and family. In the Boxer headquarters to which the Girls School moved at the close of the Siege, were found guns, swords, long spears and much Boxer literature and red cloth.  The latter the girls made use of in various ways.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3019
title: Man calling people to Moslem noon-day prayers, Ta Chia Tsz, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936

description: Calling to the noonday prayers.  This man walks through the streets of Ta Chia Tsz, Ningsia beating his board as well as giving the call to prayer.  Note the covered porches of the shops and the protection of mud about each tree.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3021
title: Roof of mosque, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936

description: The province of Ningsia has two distinct types of architecture among its many mosques.  Here is a good example of the curved roof minaret of one near Kinkihsien.  There is a much sharper curve to the roof here than one finds in Eastern China.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3338
title: Famine refugee near campus of Shantung Christian University, Jinan, Shandong, China, 1927

description: "Famine Refugee, living near Cheeloo campus, 1927"   An older Chinese man with ragged clothing is smoking a pipe.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3257
title: Senior class at Gamewell School, Beijing, China, 1920

description: "Gamewell School Activities, Work and Play. Senior Class, June 1920."  A group of about twenty secondary school students sitting on the steps in front of a building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3020
title: Grave of leader of Djaharia Order of Chinese Islam, Hung Lo Fu, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936

description: Ma Min-hsin was a leader of the Djaharia Order in Chinese Islam.  At his grave at Hung Lo Fu, Ningsia pilgrims come from all over China.  In this glass-enclosed room in front of the grave prayers are said and the Koran is read.  Ma Tsen-wu is now the head of this branch.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2315
title: Planting of class tree, Men's College, Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1923

description: "1923 A Tree planting"  Each class at Yenching University had a tree planting ceremony.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2310
title: F.L. Hawks Pott with a group of students from St. John's University at Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1929

description: "Dr. Hawks Pott and group of students from St. John's University now studying in Yenching. Formal opening."  F.L. Hawks Pott was the President of St. John's University from 1888 to 1940.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14227
title: City scene with hill, Fujian, China, ca. 1920

description: A sprawling Chinese city is based around a hill. Buildings are tightly packed together. A pagoda tower is at the base of the hill.; v
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14214
title: Sampans on a river, Ing Tai, Fujian, China, ca. 1920

description: Eight Chinese boats are traveling in a single file formation down a river. The lead ship is flying an American flag. A mountain range can be seen in the background.; This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2071
title: Women students in dining hall at Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1941

description: Dinner for seven, with Chopsticks.  Rice-pot in foreground, and dumb-waiter in background, 1941.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m14219
title: Girls' school at Ing Tai and its environs, Ing Tai, Fujian, China, 1914

description: A distant view of the girls' school from the hill top of the American missionary compound at Ing Tai. Agricultural fields are sprawled out over the foreground. Mountains dominate the background. The Ing Tai River cuts through the landscape. Written on the back of this photograph: "From my study window looking to the girls' school and down the river toward Foochow [Fuzhou]. The white things drying in the plum orchards are shredded  turnip for winter food. The big green trees are olives, the small ones oranges. The big mountain in the foreground we call Mt. Tom. The highest mt. in the distance I have climbed twice. Ing Hok [Ing Tai]. 1914. E. H. S.; This photo is from the papers of the Edward Huntington Smith family, missionaries serving the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in China, 1901-1950, primarily in Ing Tai and Foochow [Fuzhou].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5500
title: Residence that housed refugees, Nanjing, China,1937

description: "Residence at no. 17 Lang Ya Road, Nanking which housed another group of refugees for whom we took responsibility.  Mr. Magee and I took turns at standing guard at the end of the street to keep marauding Japanese soldiers from molesting the refugees after the fall of the city."; Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m4940
title: Class at Fujian Technical School, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 1911

description: "Fukien Technical School, 1911, Foochau"   A teacher is writing mathematical formulas and notes on a blackboard as the class looks on.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5312
title: Group entering YMCA building, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, ca.1929

description: Entrance to Foochow. YMCA
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2045
title: Women students of Yenching University on picnic on grounds of Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China, ca.1920-1930

description: Girl students of Peking University, Peking, China, on a picnic on the grounds of the Temple of Heaven.  Peking University stands for equal educational opportunities for men and women and this is one of the few institutions in China where men and women students meet on the footing that they do in coeducational universities in America.  The students of the women's college of Peking University recently broke all precedents by presenting a Shakespearean play, the girls carrying all the roles, and giving the $1,200 in receipts from the performance to the famine sufferers.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2146
title: Chinese actor performing in courtyard of Women's College, Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1923

description: Chinese actor playing in one of the Women's Dormitory courtyard on Christmas Day, 1923
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2339
title: Easter worship service at Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1930

description: Choir and foreground congregation listening to Miss Myfanwy Wood at Yenching Easter service, 1930, near Scranton-Luce Pavilion
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2055
title: Women students playing tennis on courts of the Women's College, Yenching University, Beijing, China, May 1936

description: Girls playing on tennis courts of the Women's College, May 1936
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2417
title: Soldiers walking along road carrying flag of the Zhongguo guo min dang, Shanghai, China, 1927

description: The Kuomingtang flag. Cantonese advance on Shanghai. Taken at our RR crossing. Notice blanket rolls and other equipment. March 1927
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2338
title: Woman faculty member preaching at Easter worship service, at Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1930

description: Miss Myfanwy Wood preaching Easter sermon, Yenching, 1930, on Scranton-Luce Island.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2043
title: Class of 1922 tree planting ceremony, Yenching University, Beijing, China, ca.1922

description: In spite of twenty to thirty hours a week of work, long struggles with dictionaries and many and lengthy committee meetings, Yenching College students make time for occasional very joyous outings.  The great annual affair for all students and teachers of all departments is the tree planting ceremony for those about to graduate.  Our one women student, last spring, stood graceful and charming among a dozen fellow classmen from the men's college, and has since gone to our sister college, Wellesley, for post-graduate work.  Our new site, north of the city, is beautiful, already with trees, but the little new class trees add much in sentiment, and are marked with tablets that none may forget the classes who have gone out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2145
title: Women students at tea party for Luella Miner, Yenching University, Beijing, China, 1927

description: "To dear Dr. Miner 1927, 5, 13" Group of students gathered around Luella Miner, Dean of the Women's College, on steps of college building