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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10539
title: Mission house at Pyawbwe, Myanmar, ca. 1930s

description: Mission house at Pyawbwe. This house was unoccupied from 1918 to 1936 due to lack of staff.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59586
title: Portrait of a young Japanese woman seated under a paper lantern, Japan, ca. 1930-1950

description: Colorized postcard of a young Japanese woman wearing a kimono sitting under a paper lantern. She holds a flower to her face. On the ground next to her is a potted flower.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1064
title: Teacher and students of Girls' School, Vizianagaram, India, ca.1885-1889

description: "Girls' School, Vizianagram". Female teacher, possibly Sarah Goffin, with young school girls.; One of 89 albumen prints mounted on 27 loose album pages, taken or compiled by Sarah Goffin, wife of L.M.S. missionary, Herbert James Goffin (1850-1932). Sarah Goffin sailed to India following her marriage in 1878 and spent the next eleven years at the L.M.S. station at Vizianagaram, before moving on to other districts in India.  Engravings based on a number of these photographs appear in the Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, including 1886 and 1888.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1063
title: Bible colporteur, Vizianagaram, India, ca.1885-1889

description: "Bible Colporteur". Bible salesman with elderly man, woman and child outside house.; One of 89 albumen prints mounted on 27 loose album pages, taken or compiled by Sarah Goffin, wife of L.M.S. missionary, Herbert James Goffin (1850-1932). Sarah Goffin sailed to India following her marriage in 1878 and spent the next eleven years at the L.M.S. station at Vizianagaram, before moving on to other districts in India.  Engravings based on a number of these photographs appear in the Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, including 1886 and 1888.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59583
title: Portrait of a young Japanese woman posing next to a small wooden table, Japan, ca. 1930-1950

description: Colorized postcard of a young Japanese woman posing next to a small wooden table. She holds a fan in her left hand and rests her right elbow on the table.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59781
title: Fr. Quirk examines catechumens, Fushun, China, 1938

description: Photograph of a Maryknoll priest talking to a group of women catechumens to determine the level of their understanding of the Catholic faith. He is sitting at a desk like table with the four women looking on. He holds a booklet in his hand.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10693
title: Woman and Indian fruit tree, Andhra Pradesh, India, s.d.

description: "Indian fruit."  Woman next to tree bearing papaya fruit.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Highways and Byways in a Hyderabad Circuit" compiled by the Methodist missionary Rev J.C.Knight Anstey (d. 1947) who served in that particular district for 28 years, from 1892 to 1920. It is thought that most of the photographs in the set were taken by Anstey himself during his period of service.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1069
title: Indigenous preacher outside his house with children, Bhimasingi, India, ca.1885-1889

description: "Muniswami's house, Bhimasingi (back)". Indigenous preacher with children outside his house. Missionary's daughter standing in front of house.; One of 89 albumen prints mounted on 27 loose album pages, taken or compiled by Sarah Goffin, wife of L.M.S. missionary, Herbert James Goffin (1850-1932). Sarah Goffin sailed to India following her marriage in 1878 and spent the next eleven years at the L.M.S. station at Vizianagaram, before moving on to other districts in India.  Engravings based on a number of these photographs appear in the Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, including 1886 and 1888.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1059
title: Indigenous minister and his family, India, ca.1885-1895

description: "Philip and family". Indigneous preacher with his wife and young girl.; One of 89 albumen prints mounted on 27 loose album pages, taken or compiled by Sarah Goffin, wife of L.M.S. missionary, Herbert James Goffin (1850-1932). Sarah Goffin sailed to India following her marriage in 1878 and spent the next eleven years at the L.M.S. station at Vizianagaram, before moving on to other districts in India.  Engravings based on a number of these photographs appear in the Chronicle of the London Missionary Society, including 1886 and 1888.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10552
title: Burmese headmistress,  Myanmar, s.d.

description: Burmese headmistress with sister.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59754
title: Group of people welcome Maryknoll Sister, Fushun, China, 1935

description: Photograph of a group of people standing outside a brick building welcoming a Maryknoll Sister. A young boy hugs the Sister as two adult women appear to be talking. Other people in the scene also appear to be conversing. It is winter. People are dressed warmly.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59581
title: Portrait of an elderly Japanese flower merchant, Japan, ca. 1911

description: Colorized postcard of an elderly Japanese woman selling flowers. She carries the flowers in a woven basket on her back and in her left arm. In her right hand she carries a parcel wrapped in cloth.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59585
title: Portrait of a young Japanese woman standing next to a trellis of flowers, Japan, ca. 1930-1950

description: Colorized postcard of a young Japanese woman standing next to a trellis of flowers. She has two blue bows in her hair and a white scarf around her neck. She carries two flowers in the woven basket looped over her right arm.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59746
title: Wood carver, Fushun, China, 1934

description: Photograph of a man carving a wooden corpus for a crucifix. He has a sample on the bench in front of him as he holds another piece of wood that is being carved. His tools lay on the bench before him. There is another wood carver in the rear. The man is wearing a striped shirt with long sleeves.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59725
title: Group of school children, Fushun, China, 1938

description: Photograph of a group of happy school children. Their fourteen smiling faces fill the frame.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10689
title: Two men riding an elephant, Andhra Pradesh, India, s.d.

description: "The Nizam's elephants."   This elephant was photographed by Anstey on the way back from the Nizam's shooting camp.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Highways and Byways in a Hyderabad Circuit" compiled by the Methodist missionary Rev J.C.Knight Anstey (d. 1947) who served in that particular district for 28 years, from 1892 to 1920. It is thought that most of the photographs in the set were taken by Anstey himself during his period of service.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10545
title: Group of Lushai people outside their church, Myanmar, ca. 1930s

description: Many of the Lushai people living in the Lushai [Mizo] hills in North East India were converted to Protestant Christianity by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Mission. In 1918  a small party of Lushai Christians came to live in the valley of the Myittha, a tributary of the River Chindwin. This group of 400 living in eight villages, each with its own church, elected in 1925 to become members of the Burmese Methodist Church.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9113
title: Governor Ramaniraka's daughter and son-in-law, Ihosy, Madagascar, ca.1893

description: Both the daughter and son-in-law are wearing beautiful lambas.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9168
title: Betafo mission station and church, Betafo,  Madagascar, ca.1895

description: To the right is the mission station.  The church is in the middle.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9126
title: Johan Smith and Malagasy market traders,  Isalo, Madagascar, ca.1893

description: "Torv Ambatolampy" ("Market Ambatolampy").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9193
title: The garden at Ambato mission station,  Ambatofinandrahana,  Madagascar, ca.1895

description: The complete name in Malagasy is Ambatofinandrahana. There is a glimpse of a city in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9125
title: Missionaries and carriers taking a rest,  Isalo, Madagascar, ca.1893

description: Missionaries and carriers taking a rest.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9171
title: Fisakana mission station, Fandriana,  Madagascar, ca.1893

description: The mission station is visible in the background of the picture. Fandriana is located in the Fisakana area. Fisakana = Fandriana mission station. Fisakana has also been used for this mission station, a synonym.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9098
title: Governor Ramaniraka, Ihosy, Madagascar, ca.1893

description: The governor is wearing a dark coat with pants, a white shirt and tie.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9114
title: Governor Ramaniraka together with his family, Ihosy, Madagascar, ca.1893

description: Ramaniraka's daughter is sitting in a wicker chair.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9141
title: Tritriva crater lake,  Antsirabe,  Madagascar, ca.1895

description: Tritriva crater lake in the Antsirabe district. This lake is about 20 km from Antsirabe. There are many legends about this special lake.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9133
title: Travellers taking a rest at the bottom of the mountain, Bara,  Madagascar, ca.1893

description: Travellers taking a rest at the bottom of the mountain. There is a village at the top of the mountain.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9192
title: Ambato mission station from the garden, Ambatofinandrahana,  Madagascar, ca.1895

description: The roof is covered with slate stone. The complete name in Malagasy is Ambatofinandrahana.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10549
title: Burmese minister, Myanmar, ca. 1930s

description: U Po Tun, a Burmese Methodist minister.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10548
title: Lushai house showing staircase, Myanmar, ca. 1930s

description: Many of the Lushai people living in the Lushai [Mizo] hills in North East India were converted to Protestant Christianity by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Mission. In 1918  a small party of Lushai Christians came to live in the valley of the Myittha, a tributary of the River Chindwin. This group of 400 living in eight villages, each with its own church, elected in 1925 to become members of the Burmese Methodist Church.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59611
title: Portrait of Mr. Yokaro, Japan, ca. 1930-1950

description: Photograph of "Mr. Yokaro, who was in voluntary exile during the persecution of 1870-73 and who served missionaries in Japan as lay apostle for more than half a century. Died at the age of 87 on Iwo Jima Island. Was descendant of old Nagasaki Christians and had been baptized by a secret lay baptizer since no missioners were permitted in Japan at time of his birth. Four years ago he was among 400 survivors who gathered at Nagasaki to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the exile of 1870-73."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m107
title: Mission hospital, Analakely, Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "Mission Hospital, Anàlakèly". View showing doctor's house 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-m108
title: Friends Foreign Mission Association houses, Faravohitra,  Madagascar ca.1870

description: "F.F.M.A Houses, Fàravòhitra" Missionary and wife outside home with pet dog. A ring-tailed lemur sits on the upper windowsill.; 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-m9096
title: Malagasy married couple, Ihosy, Madagascar, ca.1893

description: The man is wearing a straw hat and they are sitting on rush mats.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9134
title: Survey picture of Bara, Madagascar, ca.1893

description: West Bara.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m9201
title: Furniture made at Andranovelona Industrial and Technical School, Ambohimasina,Madagascar, ca.1900

description: On the picture: book shelf and sewing workbox. This Industrial and Technical School, also called Sven Foyns Industrial and Technical School for boys, is located about 5 km north of Ambohimasina Mission Station. This school gives the students vocational training. Johan Smith was a manager at this school from 1900-1904..  -- Johan Smith was a missionary in Madagascar from 1887-1919. He married Kunda 1863-1892, maiden name Helliesen Bertelsen, in Tananarive, Madagascar in 1889. After her death he married Nikoline (Lina) Johanne 1860-1938, maiden name Eckhoff, in Ambohimasina, Madagascar on December 11, 1894.  She was a missionary in Madagascar from 1886-1919.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10692
title: Lambadis woman, Andhra Pradesh, India, s.d.

description: "A Picturesque Race."   A woman in colourful dress belonging to the Lambadis tribe. This woman lived in a Lambadis colony not far from the missionary bungalow occupied by JC Knight Anstey and his family.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Highways and Byways in a Hyderabad Circuit" compiled by the Methodist missionary Rev J.C.Knight Anstey (d. 1947) who served in that particular district for 28 years, from 1892 to 1920. It is thought that most of the photographs in the set were taken by Anstey himself during his period of service.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10533
title: Christmas feast, Monywa,  Myanmar, s.d.

description: Christmas feast. Group of Burmese Christians enjoying a Christmas meal.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10685
title: Andhra Pradesh, India, s.d.

description: "In the Nizam's Dominions." The Nizams were Muslim rulers of Hyderabad State originally deriving their authority from the Mughal emperors but later ruling independently. They were allowed to maintain autonomy under the British but their territories became annexed to an independent India in 1948. The last Nizam was Mir Osman Ali Khan  who ruled from 1911to 1948.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Highways and Byways in a Hyderabad Circuit" compiled by the Methodist missionary Rev J.C.Knight Anstey (d. 1947) who served in that particular district for 28 years, from 1892 to 1920. It is thought that most of the photographs in the set were taken by Anstey himself during his period of service.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m106
title: Medical missionary outside house, Analakely, Madagascar, ca.1865-1885

description: "Doctor's House, Anàlakèly". Missionary, possibly Dr Andrew Davidson standing outside house on verandah. Two indigenous men seated on steps.; 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-m10550
title: Two Burmese Christians, Myanmar, ca. 1930s

description: Two Burmese Methodists. The elder man on the left is collecting subscriptions for the support of the church.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10688
title: Farm land near Aleru, Andhra Pradesh, India, s.d.

description: "Guarding the crops."   Man standing on platform [Machan] guarding the crops.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "Highways and Byways in a Hyderabad Circuit" compiled by the Methodist missionary Rev J.C.Knight Anstey (d. 1947) who served in that particular district for 28 years, from 1892 to 1920. It is thought that most of the photographs in the set were taken by Anstey himself during his period of service.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59745
title: Water carrier at a frozen well, Fushun, China, 1938

description: Photograph of a water carrier at a frozen well. The person, dressed warmly against the cold, holds a wound rope in his right hand. Two buckets sit on the frozen ground on which he stands, one to either side of him. The landscape is stark with no vegetation.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59706
title: Three young orphans eating a meal, Fushun, China, 1936

description: Photograph of a group of three young orphans eating out of bowls with chopsticks. Two are seated at the table with several bowls. In the foreground one young child appears to be moving out of their seat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10540
title: Part of bazaar at Kalaw in the Shan Hills, Myanmar, ca. 1930s

description: Kalaw bazaar.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59722
title: Young girl at orphanange, Fushun, China, September 1936

description: Photograph of young child washing clothing in a large round tub. The child is outside a brick building. Both of her arms are in the tub. She holds a cake of soap.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m10543
title: Missionary bullock cart in water-logged country, Myanmar, ca. 1930s

description: Missionary bullock cart in water-logged country.; From a set of lantern slides entitled "The Kingdom in Burma"  compiled by Rev Frank E Skinner  who served as a missionary with the [Wesleyan] Methodist Missionary Society in Burma from 1916 to 1930. The Wesleyan Methodist mission to Burma started shortly after the British annexation of Upper Burma in 1886. The pioneer missionaries were W. Ripley Winston and Arthur H. Bestall who established a mission in Mandalay in 1887/8. Due to strongly-rooted Buddhist beliefs the mission made slow progress. However, a Home for Lepers in Mandalay was built in 1890 and mission stations eventually opened in  Pakkokku, Kyaukse and Monywa. Work was also carried out among the Taungthus people in the Shan Hills.