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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2992
title: Moslem ahung at San Ying, near Guyuan, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936

description: Hu Chen-lin Ahung has a school for future ahungs here in San Ying.  Formerly he was in Ningsia in charge of a similar school founded by Ma Hung-kwei, the governor.  Here there was more freedom to express his Wahabi tendencies, picked up on a recent pilgrimage to Mecca.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2536
title: British Baptist missionaries in Shanxi, China, 1899

description: "CBJ, MAJ, CNJ"  The initials indicate the wife and children of missionary Alfred Jones. Several missionary families are posed in front of a house in Shansi [Shanxi]. The women and children are in Western-style clothing while the men are dressed in Chinese hats and clothing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2993
title: Minaret of mosque along street in T'ung Hsin Chen, Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu, China, 1936

description: A melody in roofs. Along the main street of T'ung Hsin Chen the minaret of the mosque can be seen.  The ahung here had traveled to Mecca twice from South Ningsia and was fluent in Arabic though he could not read the Chinese calling card presented to him.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6028
title: Fr. Vincent Ouang at Manchuria,  China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of Father Vicent Ouang, a native priest in Manchuria. He wears a cassock with a cap and wooden shoes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2980
title: Ornate box for carrying the Koran during a funeral, Xian, Shaanxi, China, 1936

description: This ornate box for carrying the Koran in front of the bier at a funeral is part of the equipment of the Great Eastern Mosque, Changan.  Two janazahs or coffins in which the body is carried as far as the grave can be seen one above the other behind the tablet.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60265
title: Two Japanese boys wearing kimonos, Japan, ca. 1932

description: Photograph of two Japanese boys. The boy on the left wears a dark kimono, geta shoes and a wide smile. The boy on the right wears a light color kimono and a small smile.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6031
title: Rev John Lei at Guangdong, China, 1926

description: This is a photograph of "Rev. John [the Baptist] Lei, Chik Hom, Hoi Peng, Kwangtung [now Guandong]." Fr. Cairn's neighbor, whom he went to Chinese confession with.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6030
title: Fr. Lu at Kowloon, China, 1919

description: This is a photograph of "Fr. Lu, Fr. Spada's assistant at Rosary Church."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m173
title: View of village with camp site, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Camping". Indigenous men sit outside tents erected in village.; 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-m12509
title: Women braiding a young girl's hair, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: "Madagascar. 9 - Salon de Coiffure" ("Hairdressing salon").  Two women sit on the ground with a young girl and braid her hair. In the background their wooden thatched-roof homes are visible.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Procure des Missions, 73, Rue des Stations, LILLE - Bulletin 'Chine, Ceylon, Madagascar'".  The back also contains information about the publisher: "Phototype - 49, rue de Canteleu, Lille".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m165
title: Group portrait Malagasy women and missionary's daughter, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Malagàsy women". A group of women stand or sit outside missionary's house sewing. The missionary's daughter is seated on a chair, wearing a lamba.; 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-m145
title: View of river, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Near a Village". Two indigenous men stand on river 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-m1543
title: View of man in Russian cemetery, Beijing, China, ca. 1861-1864

description: "Part of Russian Cemetery"  Oval print of man standing by the side of a grave. 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 witten 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-m168
title: Group portrait of a mission household, Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "A Mission household" A group of women stand or sit outside missionary's house with children, including the missionary's daughter.; 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-m166
title: Group portrait Malagasy men and missionary's daughter, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Malagàsy bearers". A group of men stand or sit outside missionary's house. The missionary's daughter is seated on the step, wearing a lamba.; 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-m158
title: Indigenous printing workers gathered around gateway of printing office, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Gateway of Printing Office". Group of indigenous men waiting on steps outside gate.; 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-m147
title: View of river, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: Uncaptioned image of river through trees.; 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-m18
title: View of Valala river valley, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Valley of Valala river, from Angavo mountain". View from high vantage point on Angavo mountain towards river valley.; 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-m171
title: Outdoor portrait of three shackled convicts, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Convicts". Portrait of three male convicts standing outdoors with shackles around ankles and neck.; 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-m146
title: View of agricultural field, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: Uncaptioned image of man seated in cultivated field. House in background.; 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-m1895
title: Group of girls singing and dancing, West Indies, ca. 1930

description: Girls singing an action song.; Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting the West Indies in 1930. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he dieveloped a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12573
title: Children on a large rock in front of a house, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: "Madagascar - Petits Malgaches s'amusant" ("Small Madagascans having fun.")  In front of a stick house with a thatched roof over twenty girls and boys stand on or around a large rock.  When not posing for the picture, the children seem to be engaged with a toy that travels on a thin rope running from the roof of one house to another.  In the background a few adults are visible standing on the porch of the house or working in front.  Postcard issued by the "Missions des Lazaristes."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Les Missions des Lazaristes et des Filles de la Charite - Organe mensuel - de l'Oeuvre du Bienheureux Jean-Gabriel Perboyre - en faveur des missions les plus necessiteuses - Un an : France, 10 fr. - Etranger 15 fr. - Adresser les offrandes a M le Directeur de l'Oeuvre du Bx Perboyre - 95 Rue de Severes - Paris (6e) - Cheque Post. no 285 88." ("Missions of Lazaristes and the Girls of Charity - monthly Body - Work of the Blessed Jean-Gabriel Perboyre - in favour of the neediest missions - One year: France, 10 FR. - Foreigner 15 FR. - Address the offerings to M the Director of the Work of Bx Perboyre - 95 Rue de Severes - Paris (6e) - Post Cheque. No 285 88.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12511
title: Christian women of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: "Madagascar. 10 - Femmes Chretiennes de Fianarantsoa" ("Christian women of Fianarantsoa").  Twenty two women pose for a portrait in front of a building with wooden shutters.  The women all wear wraps around their shoulders of different patterns and colors.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the mission agency: "Procure des Missions, 73, Rue des Stations, LILLE - Bulletin 'Chine, Ceylon, Madagascar'".  The back also contains information about the publisher: "Phototype - 49, rue de Canteleu, Lille".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12571
title: Representation of nuns caring for a leprous man, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: Le Pere Dupuy, Jesuite, Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur meurt lepreux soigne par les Soeurs de Saint-joseph de Cluny et les religieuses malgaches."  Photograph of an exhibit at the "Exposition Coloniale. - Pavillon des Missions, Salle de Madagascar (Peres Jesuites)."  Four large sculptures depict two Madagascan nuns and a European missionary sister administering bandages to a man with leprosy.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed contact information for the mission agency: "Procure de la Mission de Madagascar (Tananarive) - 79, av. de Breteuil, Paris (XVe) - Ch. Post. 567-39 Paris."  The back also contains information about the printer: "Aulard et Cie, 6, Rue du Vieux-Colombier, Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1640
title: Nurses and patients, L.M.S Women's Hospital, Beijing, China, ca. 1910

description: "London Mission Women's Hospital, Peking. Patients and nurses on verandah." Group portrait of Chinese nurses attending to patients.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m159
title: Outdoor portrait of three shackled convicts, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Convicts". Portrait of three male convicts with shackles around ankles and neck. Two stand and one is seated on ground outdoors.; 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-m156
title: Group portrait of male students of L.M.S. college, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Early students of L.M.S College (appointed Evangelists by the Palace Church). Group portrait of indigenous evangelists in Western style suits.; 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-m170
title: Group portrait of a missionary croquet party, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "A Croquet Party". Missionaries with their wives and children posing for a portrait with croquet equipment, including A. Lang.; 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-m154
title: View of town of Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Fianàransòa, cap.l of Bétsiléo". Distant view of town.; 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-m1893
title: Group portrait of school children, Jamaica, ca. 1930

description: "Doing their homework, Jamaica". Group of school children seated outside with books and slates.; Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting the West Indies in 1930. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he dieveloped a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m169
title: Outdoor portrait of missionary being carried by filanjana, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Mr. A. Lang" Lang is being carried by filanjana, a traditional Malagasy palanquin.; 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-m155
title: Group portrait of printing staff, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "Mr. A. Kingdon and Printing staff". Abraham Kingdon supervised the press of the Friends' Foreign Mission Association in Madagascar.; 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-m183
title: Group portrait of Malagasy members of missionary's household, Madagascar, 1873

description: Uncaptioned portrait of Ramanampy, Rainizafy (both male, standing) and Rafara (female, seated).  Rainizafy holds a hat. Similar to Record 174.; 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.