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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2377
title: Group portrait of Synod delegates, Tamil Nadu, India, ca. 1900

description: "Synod group taken Royapettah, probably 1899." Large formal group portrait of missionaries and indigenous mission workers under tree.; The Madras [now Tamil Nadu] District was the first mission to be established in India in 1817. Rev. Harwood Raw served in Madras from 1896 until his premature death in 1905 from cholera.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m259
title: Blacksmiths at work, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Blacksmith". Blacksmith works outdoors in village with two men assisting and other men and children looking on.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1512
title: Female missionaries in coconut grove, Coimbatore, India, ca. 1900-1910

description: "Cocoa nut avenue Coimbatore." Two women with Indian children under shade of coconut trees.; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1589
title: Portrait of Chinese bookseller, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "The Bookseller from ?Sun li ? with curiosities for sale." Portrait of man holding bags. One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.; William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1588
title: Portrait of Chinese teacher, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "Teacher" . Portrait of man holding fan. One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.; William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m260
title: Group of women and children with different hairstyles, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Styles of coffure". Group of women seated and standing with children. Each has a varying hair style.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1499
title: Medical personnel and patients in office, India, ca. 1910

description: Scene in consultation room with female missionary, indigenous male medical workers and patients, possibly Neyoor.; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1514
title: Female missionary on travels, Tamil Nadu, India, ca. 1900-1910

description: "Pareychaly District". Female missionary being transported by rickshaw along road dug with deep ditches causing the cart to tilt.; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1573
title: Portrait of smiling Chinese man, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "Chinese". Portrait of smiling man holding fan. One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.; William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2593
title: View of Malua Bay, Samoa, ca. 1897

description: "Malua Bay. Samoa." View of boats in bay through row of palm trees. One of a set of prints, some stamped "J. Davis". Davis died in 1893 when his studio was taken over by his former assistant, Alfred John Tattersall, who was resident in Samoa from 1886 to 1951. In 1949 the business was bought by Messers H & J Retzlaff of Apia, Samoa, but the negatives were destroyed in the 1966 hurricane.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830, and it became a succesful mission, famous for its educational work. For example, the Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savaii in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1564
title: Portrait of Korean officer, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "Corean officers - the crown of the hat is straight; in non officials it is conical." Portrait of Korean officer. One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.; William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1560
title: Portrait of Korean officer, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "Corean". Portrait of Korean man mounted next to a portrait of a Chinese man for comparison, possibly of racial characteristics. ["Korean officer and Chinese servant"]. One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.; William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1561
title: Portrait of Chinese servant, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "Chinese". Portrait of Chinese man mounted next to a portrait of a Korean man for comparison, possibly of racial characteristics. ["Korean officer and Chinese servant"]. One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.; William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2378
title: Child with horse statues, Tamil Nadu, India, ca. 1900

description: "Stone horses at Maduraukam. Supposed to go round the town once a year." Pottery religious statues of horses. Small child sits at the base of one.; The Madras [now Tamil Nadu] District was the first mission to be established in India in 1817, Rev. Harwood Raw served in Madras from 1896 until his premature death in 1905 from cholera.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2587
title: Portrait of missionaries, Deputation and politician, Apia, Samoa, July 1897

description: "Missionary Group with Deputation and Chief Justice Chambers. Apia. July 1897." Group portrait seated outside house. One of a set of prints, some stamped "J. Davis". Davis died in 1893 when his studio was taken over by his former assistant, Alfred John Tattersall, who was resident in Samoa from 1886 to 1951. In 1949 the business was bought by Messers H & J Retzlaff of Apia, Samoa, but the negatives were destroyed in the 1966 hurricane.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830, and it became a succesful mission, famous for its educational work. For example, the Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savaii in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2361
title: Group portrait of scouts and leaders, Nigeria, 1920

description: "Lagos High School Scouts, 1920. rev W H Stacey.". Group portrait of scouts with two leaders. The three scouts in the foreground hold musical instruments - drum and bugles.; Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1516
title: Portrait of indigenous evangelist, India, ca. 1900-1910

description: "Moses Walsallam. Travancore. Native evangelist. Poet musician (typical head) has done a great deal in translating hymns and writing lyrics - constantly travelling - lives on about one meal a day - abstentious."; One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1646
title: Imperialist troops in trenches, Xiaogan, China. ca. 1911

description: "Imperialist Artillery in trenches". View of soldiers with artillery guns. One of five prints mounted on a page entitled "War Scenes (Revolution)" including two by Wilson H Geller who served the LMS in the Siaokan district from 1897 to 1935.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m163
title: Outdoor portrait of indigenous carpenters at work, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Carpenters".; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m254
title: Group outside post and telegraph office, Antsirana, Madagascar, ca. 1913

description: "Poste and telegraph, Diego Suarez" [now Antsirana]. Five Western men, including officials in uniform, and one woman stand outside post office.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2590
title: Students of Papauta Girls' school, Samoa, ca. 1897

description: "Papauta School. Samoa." Group portrait of young women students outside school buildings wearing western dress. One of a set of prints, some stamped "J. Davis". Davis died in 1893 when his studio was taken over by his former assistant, Alfred John Tattersall, who was resident in Samoa from 1886 to 1951. In 1949 the business was bought by Messers H & J Retzlaff of Apia, Samoa, but the negatives were destroyed in the 1966 hurricane.; A mission to Samoa or Navigators Islands was started after a visit by John Williams in 1830, and it became a succesful mission, famous for its educational work. For example, the Malua Theological College was established in 1844 and the Leulumoega High School was established in 1890. A school for girls, called Papauta, was founded in 1892. By 1905 the indigenous Church was well organised and became effectively financially  independent in the 1920s. A high percentage of the population was allied to LMS churches. The main LMS mission stations were on the islands of Upolu and Savaii in Western Samoa and Tutuila in Eastern Samoa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2379
title: Missionary evangelising in village, Tamil Nadu, India, ca. 1900

description: "Missionary instructing village Christians." Missionary, possibly Rev. Harwood Raw seated on chair with book in front of group of men, women and children, seated on ground in village.; The Madras [now Tamil Nadu] District was the first mission to be established in India in 1817, Rev. Harwood Raw served in Madras from 1896 until his premature death in 1905 from cholera.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m160
title: Distant view of town, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: Uncaptioned view of town in distance. Two indigenous men seated in foreground.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m19
title: Indigenous man wearing lamba crossing Mandraka river,  Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Ford on the River Mandraka". View from river bank of indigenous man standing on rock in middle of river, wearing a lamba, a traditional Malagasy shawl. Two blurred figures stand on the far bank.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m151
title: View of rocks, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: Uncaptioned image of rocks.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m16
title: Group of indigenous men with missionary resting on river bank, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: " A mid-day halt". Missionary with indigenous men resting on rocks by river and in shade of bushes on river bank. One man carries a rifle.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m161
title: Group portrait of Friends' Foreign Mission Association, Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "F.F.M.A. Mission staff". Outdoor group portrait of missionaries with their wives and children including Henry E Clark and Abraham Kingdon.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m153
title: View of volcano, Tritriva, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Crater of extinct Tritrìva Volcano", Fianarantsoa province.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1644
title: Temple building used as outpatient department, Tianjin, China, 1936.

description: " 'Temple building' erected by Dr. MacKenzie  on ?Taki Road in 1880. Used as an outpatient department. Dr. Peake in helmet. Dr. Lei on his right." Tientsin [ now Tianjin].
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1570
title: Portrait of young man, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "Servant boy" [Russian Legation]." Oval portrait of young man.  One of a set of prints by an unidentified Russian photographer, bearing caption in English and also captions in Russian on the reverse. They are also accompanied by a hand written list of captions, and where this differs from the caption written on the print, this has been included in square brackets above.; William Lockhart was among the pioneers of medical missionary work for the LMS. He travelled to Canton [now Guangzhou] in 1838, opening hospitals at Macao [now Macau] and Shanghai before opening a mission in Peking [now Beijing] in 1861. Lockhart left Beijing in 1864, although remained connected with the Society, serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors in 1869. Lockhart obtained these prints during his time in Beijing, and they came into the LMS collection from Constance Patterson [née Brown] who had been given them by Lockhart's daughter, Mrs. Jervis.