cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12435
title: Missionary priests in the seminary courtyard, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 4. - MADAGASCAR. - Dans la Cour du Seminarie malgache" ("In the Court of a Malagasy Seminary").  Five missionary fathers and one Malagasy man stand on a path between two large three-story buildings.  To the right, a white statue stands among trees and plants.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12412
title: Missionary priest  with children by a chapel, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 191 MADAGASCAR. - &lt;&gt; (Pere Lhande)" ("The Betsimisaraka, my delight (Father Lhande)").  A missionary father interacts with five young boys in front of a wooden thatched-roof chapel.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12393
title: Aerial view of homes, buildings, and a lake, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 227. MADAGASCAR. - Tananarive, mosaique etincelante." ("Tananarive, glittering mosaic"). View from above of a town containing many homes and several large buildings.  In the distance a lake is visible along with several other homes and buildings.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12431
title: Group waiting by a chapel for the service to begin, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 64. - MADAGASCAR. - On attend patiemment l'heure de l'office" ("One waits the hour of the office patiently").  Twenty-six men, women, and children stand at the side of a stone, thatched roof chapel.  Most are dressed in white; in the background another building is visible.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12361
title: Three women in dresses, Yoko, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Three women pose together each wearing a dress printed with a pattern of birds.  The two women standing on the ends each rest an arm on a shoulder of the woman who stands in the middle and wears a white head covering.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "82 - Les Trois Graces...R.P. Roques, a YOKO (Cameroun)" ("The three graces"); information about the mission agency "C.C. Marseille 9760"; and the name of the publisher "Maison Jean-Bernard, Editeur, St-Etienne".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12411
title: View of  mountains and houses, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 179 MADAGASCAR. - Tananarive. - Vue du Nord" ("View of the North").  A landscape photograph of fields and distant mountains.  Numerous houses are discernible upon the hillsides as well as a large building on the top of one of the mountains.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12433
title: Recreation at the seminary, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 71. - MADAGASCAR. - Une recreation au Seminaire" ("Recreation at the Seminary").  A missionary father and fourteen Malagasy men and women (most of whom are adolescents) congregate in a courtyard in front of a large stone building.  Some sit on the ground, some lean against the walls of the courtyard, and others simply stand.  The father is reading a book.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12391
title: Villagers greeting a missionary priest, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 203. MADAGASCAR. - Enfin, vous voila!...Bonjour mon Pere!"  Over twenty people circle around a missionary father in a village.  He appears to be speaking with them.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12439
title: Large congregation inside a Catholic church, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 15. - MADAGASCAR. - Ce que le Missionnaire voit de l'Autel." ("What the Missionary sees from the Altar").  Over two hundred Malagasy men, women, and children sit in the pews and stand along the walls of a brick church with a high ceiling and large windows.  The picture is taken from the altar looking out into the nave.  Nearly all the people wear white.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10918
title: Ginling College student in rural area near Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1936

description: "Ringing a gong to announce a play by Ginling students in a country town, near Chengtu, Szechuan, West China. " [now Chengdu, Sichuan] A woman handles a bell hanging from a ribbon to summon people to a performance.; Ginling College shared the campus of West China Union University during the period when its home campus was occupied by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59946
title: Grinding grain, Tokyo, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of a woman grinding grain in a large stone mortar. To her left are a man who sits holding a cup and a girl carrying a baby on her back. To her right are a second girl carrying a baby and a woman sitting on a wooden bucket. The group is seen outside near a small building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10937
title: Sizing machine for silk production, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 1931

description: "Sizing Machine School of Silk Industry Lingnan University July 1931" A student stands by the sizing machine.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10917
title: Ginling students compete in athletics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, ca.1936

description: "On the athletic field, Ginling in Chengtu, Szechuan, Ettiei Len-toy Chin, Smith College, 1936, in charge of the class." [now Chengdu, Sichuan] A procession of women in athletic uniforms marching around a field.; Ginling College shared the campus of West China Union University during the period when its home campus was occupied by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59965
title: Japanese man building a bucket, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of a Japanese man sitting outdoors building a bucket. He holds a tool in his right hand. A young girl stands behind him watching him work.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60054
title: Monsignor Paul Furuya and Fr. Patrick J. Byrne, MM, Japan, ca. 1938

description: Photograph of "Monsignor Paul Furuya, Administrator Apostolic of the Prefecture of Kyoto, Japan, with Father Patrick J. Byrne, Superior of the Maryknoll Fathers in Japan." Father Byrne holds a white cat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5998
title: Fr. Deswazieres at Sheklung, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Deswazieres at Sheklung."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10939
title: Family displaying silk crop, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, ca.1930

description: "The entire family and most of the crop." Three adults and one child stand near an overhang outside which holds drying  materials.; This photo is related to the silk industry program of Lingnan University.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10921
title: Washroom for students, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1941

description: "Chengtu -- 1941. Students' washroom." [now Chengdu] Shelves filled with washing basins; in the background towels are hanging from beams.; Ginling College shared the campus of West China Union University during the period when its home campus was occupied by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59807
title: Graduating class at Maryknoll Academy, Dalian, China, ca. 1945

description: Photograph of the graduating class at Maryknoll Academy in Dalian, China. The young men and women each hold a tiny diploma and have a tiny graduation hat on their heads. All are smiling. They stand on the steps outside a building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10916
title: Ginling College project to improve spinning, Sichuan, China, ca.1937

description: "A Ginling student helping a woman worker to thread her new spinning wheel which will spin twenty times as much wool as the old frame." A woman works on one spinning wheel that is in a line of several outdoors.; Ginling College shared the campus of West China Union University during the period when its home campus was occupied by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60079
title: Japanese boy in a winter coat standing next to a tree trunk, Japan, ca. 1948

description: Photograph of a serious-faced Japanese boy standing next to a tree trunk. He wears a winter coat with a fur collar, mittens and knit pants.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59944
title: Three girls carrying babies, Tokyo, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of three girls standing outdoors in front of a straw-roofed building. Each girl carries a baby on her back. Two of the girls also carry paper umbrellas.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5995
title: Fr. Bleser at Shensi, China, 1920

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Bleser at Shensi." He is standing indoors next to a table with flowers and wears a white rope at his waist over his cassock.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59964
title: Japanese man building a toy ship, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of a Japanese man building a toy ship. He wears glasses and is surrounded by wood shavings. A boy sits next to him.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59961
title: Japanese man mending a fishing net, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of a Japanese man mending a fishing net. He wears glasses. A girl dressed in a kimono stands behind him.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59958
title: A baker, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of "a baker." Slightly bent over and holding a fan in his left hand, the baker looks up from his work.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59959
title: Man assembling paper umbrellas, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of a Japanese man sitting on the floor assembling a paper umbrella. Standing behind him is a boy who is touching the man's right shoulder. Two completed and collapsed umbrellas are on the floor at the boy's feet. Behind the boy is an open umbrella.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6006
title: Priests pose with pipes at Yunnan, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of Frs. Vial and Hireber in a playful pose with pipes at Yunnan. One is sitting in a chair and the other is standing behind the chair.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10922
title: Ginling College geology class, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 1941

description: "Geology class in the Biology building. Chengtu -- 1941." [now Chengdu] A large group of young women are seated aruond tables and writing. One visible student also has a rock by her side.; Ginling College shared the campus of West China Union University during the period when its home campus was occupied by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese war.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10910
title: Guests to Ginling College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 1937

description: "Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Peck, Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson, Micha Elman, Mrs. Julean Arnold, Dr. Yi-fang Wu, and Vice Minister Hsu Mo (Foreign Affairs). Informal group after the tea for Micha Elman at Ginling. April 1, 1937." Men and women, Western and Chinese, stand together in front of an elaborate doorway.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60047
title: Group portrait of Bishop Hayasaka with five newly ordained priests, Japan, July 1, 1928

description: Photograph of "Bishop J. K. Hayasaka with his newly ordained priests for his diocese of Nagasaki after their 15 years of study in the seminary. 1st July 1928."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5985
title: Priests on a small boat at Jiangmen, China, 1947

description: This is a photograph of Bp. Fourquet and Fr. Paulhus on a boat in Kongmoon [now Jiangmen]. A woman sits at the end of the boat and there is a large boat in the background.; Rev. Paulhus was born in St. Hughes, P.Q., Canada.  He was ordained for Fall River, MA diocese in 1917, but was permitted by his bishop to join Maryknoll in 1920.  In 1922 he was assigned to Kongmoon, where he worked in the seminary.  He was expelled from China in 1951, and remained in the U.S. for the remainder of his life, which he spent chiefly teaching in Maryknoll's seminary.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59821
title: Maryknoll Sisters with teachers, Dalian, China, 1933

description: Photograph of a group of Maryknoll Sisters and other women teachers outside the Dairen (Dalian) church and convent. Four of the women are Japanese and wear kimono's. The buildings are in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60078
title: Portrait of Ambrose Horii, Japan, ca. 1932

description: Photograph of "Ambrose Horii, Catholic of Nara, Japan. 1948: Ambrose is now 21, but doesn't mind having this picture of him used. Here was 5 years old." Dressed in a kimono, the smiling Ambrose stands next to a small chair, his left hand holding one arm.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60045
title: Portrait of Rev. Thomas Araya Yirzaburo, Hakodate, Japan, ca. 1910-1930

description: Photograph of "Rev. Thomas Araya Yirzaburo, petre japonais du Dioc. de Hakodate."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59975
title: Man selling rice cakes, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of a Japanese man selling rice cakes. Surrounding his small stand is a group of twleve people - ten children and a mother holding a baby.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59974
title: The fortune teller, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of "the fortune teller." A woman stops to hear her fortune from the elderly man sitting behind a small table covered with a white cloth and books. He holds a group of incense sticks in his hands.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59935
title: Mother and son clam fishing, Tokyo, Japan, August 1932

description: Photograph of a mother and son "clam fishing - Tokyo, 8/32." The boy holds a single clam in his left hand and a basket full of them in his right. His smiling mother holds a tool in her right hand and a small package in her left.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60053
title: Msgr. Paul Furuya enroute to a mountain lecture, Japan, 1948

description: Photograph of Monsignor Paul Furuya "posing enroute to a mountain lecture. Japan 1948." Dressed in a white shirt and hat, the monsignor props his left elbow on the back end of a jeep. He eats something. To the left is a stream.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10909
title: Botany student at Ginling College, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, ca.1936

description: "Close-up -- Study of the fern, Ginling College, Nanking." [now Nanjing] A woman writes down notes while her eye is still near the microscope holding a slide.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5997
title: Msgr. Maquet at Chihli, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "Msgr. Maquet, Vicariate Apostolic of Chilhi." He is sitting in a chair with his hand resting on a book on a table next to him. He has a long white beard and mustache.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60034
title: St. Francis Xavier Church, Kyoto, Japan, 1937

description: Photograph of "St. Francis Xavier Church, Kyoto, 1937. This church, the only one in the new Maryknoll missions in Japan, was built some forty years ago by Father Villion of the Paris Foreign Missions with the aid of French benefactors. Since the city has now grown to 1,200,000 souls, there is plenty of opportunity for American benefactors to follow the good example set by the French and help other partners in Kyoto, now using rented dwellings, to possess more worthy tabernacles for the Real Presence. The make-shift use of ordinary dwellings convinces many would-be inquirers into the faith that, after all, Catholicity amounts to very little in America, since American missionaries have evidently little support from home."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10912
title: Chemistry student weighing chemicals, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 1937

description: "A Senior majoring in chemistry. 'weighed in the balance', Ginling College, Nanking, 1937." [now Nanjing] A woman weighs out material on a special scale.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10950
title: Testing silk, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 1926

description: "Silk testing Station Shameen. Sizing Skins + Strength Dept." Women work at a table set up with several machines for working with silk.; Photo relates to the sericulture program at Lingnan University.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60019
title: Cherry tree limb in bloom, Japan, ca. 1936

description: Photograph of a cherry tree limb in bloom. Behind the limb is a gateway featuring a large paper lantern. "Photo from Mr. Yokota, of Kyoto, father of our first candidate for the priesthood."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60025
title: Osaka Castle, Japan, ca. 1937

description: Photographic postcard of Osaka Castle. This image features the main tower and the inner moat of the castle. Close to the water is a large stone Japanese lantern. Embossed on the front is "Futaba Kobe."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59825
title: Farmer woman and daughter holding sweet potato, Japan, ca. 1946

description: Photograph of a "farmer woman and daughter holding sweet potato." The pair stand in a field. On the ground in front of the smiling girl is a large woven basket full of potatoes. Her mother holds a large sweet potato.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5981
title: Fr. Heraud in Hong Kong, China, 1937

description: This is a photograph of Fr. E. Heraud who died in Hong Kong. He has white hair with a long beard and mustache.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60028
title: Mt. Fuji, Enoshima Island and St. Teresia Sanatorium, Shichirigahama, Japan, ca. 1936

description: Photograph of "Mt. Fuji and Enoshima Island as viewed from St. Teresia Sanatorium. Shichirigahama - Japan. The tuberculosis sanatorium where Fathers Whitlow, Boesflug and MacKesy took turns in being chaplains - and getting practice in Japanese. Fr. MacKesy is there at the present time."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59831
title: Sunday school class of Cathedral parish, Tokyo, Japan, ca. 1914

description: Photograph of "Sunday school class of Cathedral parish, Tokyo. Photo taken on silver jubilee of the school. Middle of back - Fr. Evrard. At his right - Fr. Steichen & Fr. Tomocka, Japanese priest." The group poses in front of the cathedral.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60190
title: Three children eating from glass dishes, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photographic postcard of three children eating from glass dishes. The girl in the center has the dish to her mouth. The boy on the right holds a spoon in his right hand above his dish which is on the floor. The girl on the left has her right index finger in her mouth. Behind her is a low table on which sit two potted plants. On the floor in the middle of the group is a toy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60159
title: Working with fishing nets, Japan, ca. 1920/1940

description: Photograph of two men, two women and a boy working with fishing nets on a beach. The two men work near a small boat in the surf.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2981
title: Minbar or pulpit in the Great Eastern Mosque, Xian, Shaanxi, China, 1936

description: The minbar or pulpit in the Great Eastern Mosque, Changan.  The staff carried by the ahung who leads the service on Friday can be seen resting on the steps.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5764
title: YMCA Boy Scout troop, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, ca.1915-1920

description: "Foochow YMCA School Boy Scout Troop."  The boys are posed in uniform with wooden sticks and a flag.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60093
title: Smiling Japanese boy wearing a baseball hat, Japan, ca. 1949

description: Photograph of a smiling Japanese boy wearing wearing a baseball hat and a shirt with the second button missing. He carries some items in the shirt's breast pocket. His eyes are closed.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60228
title: Japanese girls playing games, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photographic postcard of nine Japanese girls sitting outdoors on a wood porch playing games. On the left side of the photo, two older girls play with a ball as three younger girls look on from the background. Embossed into the front of the postcard is "Futaba Kobe."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60227
title: Japanese girls jumping rope, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photographic postcard of a group of Japanese girls jumping rope. The ten girls play outdoors in front of a building. The older, taller girls jump rope on the right. The younger, shorter girls play on the left. Embossed on the front of the postacard is "Futaba Kobe."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m298
title: Natural history museum in Qingzhou Shi, China, ca.1890

description: Museum established by J. S. Whitewright in 1887 in Tsing Chou Fu (also known as Ch'ing-Chou-Fu) [now Qingzhou Shi], China. Taxidermized animals, artifacts in display cases, and framed posters illustrate different aspects of the natural history and culture of the area.; J. S. Whitewright was a British missionary serving under the Baptist Missionary Society in North China from 1881 to 1926. The museum he established in 1887 was stocked with natural history exhibits as well as models and pictures,many of which were designed to illustrate the positive influence of Christianity on civilization.  The museum attracted large crowds from the countryside, especially on market days.  Chinese evangelists and missionaries stationed at the museum used this opportunity to preach and converse with groups and individuals.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m206
title: View of Amparibe, Madagascar, ca 1874.

description: "Amparibe". View of hillside with houses and church.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2982
title: View of Chang Chia Chuan, the stronghold of Islam in South Eastern Gansu, China, 1936

description: Chang Chia Chuan, East Kansu, the stronghold of Islam in South Eastern Kansu and headquarters of one branch of the Djahariah Order.  Fourteen mosques minister to the needs of the people.  On market day, which occurs every second day, people from miles around make the streets almost impassible, yet women are seldom seen at these times.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2989
title: Moslem man greeting another, Gansu, China, 1936

description: A friendly 'Salaam Aleikum' (Peace be upon you) along the way.  The crocheted skull caps were mainly seen around Kuyuan and Northeast Kansu.