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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12331
title: Woman and children among the banana trees, Yoko, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: A woman holding a purse and her two children pose in a grove of short trees with very large leaves.; The back of the postcard is blank with a printed title "14. Madame dans sa plantation de &lt;&gt; bananiers." ("Madam in her plantation of &lt;&gt; bananas"), information about the mission agency "Mission Catholique, a YOKO (Cameroun) C. C. Marselle 9760", and the name of the publisher "Helio Maison Jean-Bernard, editeur, St-Etienne".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12330
title: Large white chapel with a thatched roof, Yoko, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Three women stand beside a large white single-story building with four columns in the front and a thatched roof.; The back of the postcard is blank with a printed title "8. Notre Chapelle en terre et toit de raphia" ("Our ground Chapel and roof of raffia / palm tree leaves"), information about the mission agency "Mission Catholique, a YOKO (Cameroun) C. C. Marselle 9760", and the name of the publisher "Helio Maison Jean-Bernard, editeur, St-Etienne".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12272
title: Orphan children in cradles, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Yaounde - A l'Orphelinat: Les Berceaux" ("The Orphanage: The Cradles").  A missionary sister is posed behind a group of orphans, six of whom are in wooden cradles. Postcard issued by  Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed address for the publisher: Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirit, 29, rue Lhomond, Paris 5e, Ch, P.1345 09. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12334
title: Women retrieving water, Yoko, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: A woman holds a large pail of water on her head while four other women look on in the background with a bucket at their feet and a large barrel nearby.; The back of the postcard is blank, containing a printed title "16. L'eau arrive pour les briques...avec le sourire!" ("Water arrives for bricks... with a smile!"), information about the mission agency "Mission Catholique, a YOKO (Cameroun) C. C. Marselle 9760", and the name of the publisher "Helio Maison Jean-Bernard, editeur, St-Etienne".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12275
title: Chief in traditional dress, Foumban, Cameroon, ca.1920-1930

description: "Cameroun - Un Des Principaux Chefs De Foumban, Avec Une Cotte De Mailles Datant De Temps Tres Anciens" ("One of the Principal Chiefs of Foumban with a Coat of Mail Going Back to Very Old Times"). Portrait of a man on the porch of a stone building dressed in an old coat of mail with his head and chest wrapped in white.; The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed address for the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Boulev. Arago, Paris"  The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12273
title: Head catechist, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Portrait of a man from the waist up dressed in white wearing a cross pin; The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed title: "(25) CAMEROUN (A.E.F) - Chef catechiste. (Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit.)" ("Chief Catechist"), and a printed address for the publisher: "Edite par &lt;&gt;. Revue mensuelle. 30, rue Lhomond, Paris (5e), 10 fr. par an. Ch. post. 1718-45, Paris". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12300
title: Seated chief in traditional dress, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Jeune chef de Fokwe en tenue du pays." ("Young chief of Fokwe in custom of the country").  Portrait of a seated man wearing a dark hat and an outer garment  full of patterns and designs.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "CAMEROUN FRANCAIS - Missions des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin - Procure de la Mission: 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Dillen et Cie Heliograv. 23, rue Oudinot - Paris" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12287
title: Two men on horseback with spears, Cameroon, ca.1920-1930

description: "Cameroun - Cavaliers Bamoun" ("Bamoun Riders").  Two men ride horses on a dirt road and carry spears.; The back of the postcard contains a handwritten message in French, with a printed address for the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bld Arago (Paris) - Braun & Cie, Imp.-Edit., Mulhouse-Dornach" The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12301
title: Boys at a weaving loom, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Metier a tisser des petits Bamouns." ("Weaving loom of small Bamouns").  Three seated adolescent boys pose with a weaving loom positioned at the front of a house.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "CAMEROUN FRANCAIS - Missions des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin - Procure de la Mission: 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Dillen et Cie Heliograv. 23, rue Oudinot - Paris" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2172
title: Men in large rowing boat, Ghana, 1926

description: "?Surf boat. Gold Coast". [now Ghana]. Crew in rowing boat.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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 West Africa in 1926. 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-m12274
title: Young students with magazines, Akono, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Five boys posing with magazines, one of whom is reading.; The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed title: "(19) JEUNES ETUDIANTS D'AKONO (Cameroun) (Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit.)" ("Young Students of Akono"), and a printed address for the publisher: "Edite par &lt;&gt;. Revue mensuelle. 30, rue Lhomond, Paris (5e), 10 fr. par an. Ch. post. 1718-45, Paris". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2102
title: Portrait of Sunday School girls, Ghana, 1926

description: "West Africa Sunday School". Group of girls listening to older girl on verandah. 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 West Africa in 1926.; 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. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12271
title: Orphan children eating at tables, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Yaounde - Les petits Orphelins" ("Small orphans").  A missionary sister watches from behind as fifteen small children eat from plates on two long tables. Postcard issued by  Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed address for the publisher: Radiogravure A.  Breger Fr., 5, Rue de la Grange-Ory,Cachan. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12313
title: Group in front of a chapel, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "En Brousse: La Chapelle et la Maison du Pere couvertes en paille" ("In Bush: The Chapel and the House of the Father covered in straw ").  Six people sit on a stick fence in front of two large block buildings with thatched roofs.  In the foreground, a man sits on the ground holding a white staff.  Postcard issued by Mission des Pretres du Sacre-Coeur de St-Quentin.; The back of the postcard is blank with printed information about the mission agency: "Procure de la Mission du Cameroun: 214, Rue Lafayette, Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Edit. M. Brochard. 81, quai Fosse - Nantes" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12322
title: Couples pose outside after a wedding service, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "YAOUNDE. - 84 Couples sortant de l'Eglise apres la messe de Mariage" ("84 Couples leaving the Church after the wedding service").  A large number of couples pose on the steps leading to the entrance of a church building.  Many men and women are in white and wear hats.  Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12276
title: Family in front of house, Foumban, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Cameroun - Famille chretienne a Foumban" ("Christian family of Foumban").  A Family of four poses with a house in background.  Son and daughter stand at either side of the father while the mother sits in front.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten French name, with a printed address for the publisher: "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd Arago, Paris." The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12324
title: Interior view of a chapel, Akono, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "La Case-Chapelle d'AKONO" ("The Chapel of Akono").  Interior view of an empty chapel made almost entirely of wood.  Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12323
title: Women pose with missionary sister before going to work, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "YAOUNDE. - Les "Fiancees" se preparent a partir aux plantations" ("The 'Fiancees' prepare to leave to the plantations").  Standing in front of a large building with a shingled roof, a missionary sister poses with a group of over fifty women, many of whom hold farming tools.  Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12278
title: Two women and their children, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Cameroun - Femmes chretiennes et leurs enfants" ("Christian women and their children"). Two seated women pose with six children, four standing and two on their laps.; The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed address for the publisher: "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd Arago, Paris."  The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12296
title: Thatched structures in field, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Cameroun - Gite d'etape en Tikarie" ("Camping in Tikarie").  Three men pose sitting side by side with bowls in a field.  In the background a man stands before a large wood and palm branch structure with two pointed thatched domes connected by a lower rounded passage way.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten message in French, with a printed address for the publisher: "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd Arago, Paris." the Société des Missions Evangéliques chez les peuples non-chrétiens á Paris (SMEP), a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12338
title: New convert wearing a cross necklace, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Portrait of a man wearing a hat, tattered shirt, and necklace with a crucifix pendant.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "(16) CAMEROUN (A.E.F.) - Nouveau converti de Yaounde" ("New convert of Yaounde") and information about the mission agency "(Missions des Peres du Saint-Esprit.) Edite par &lt;&gt;, Revue mensuelle, 30, rue Lhomond, Paris (5e), 10 fr. par an. Ch. post. 1718-45, Paris". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2264
title: Trader standing outside house, Sierra Leone, May 1906

description: "A roof, but no walls at Blama on the railway. Here I was entertained for two or three nights during my last journey into the Protectorate by Mr. Harrison of the Sierra Leone ? Colaing Co. who stands in the picture. The various S[ierra] L[eone] trading houses are establishing themselves ata ll the centres of trade along the railway, and have to be content with such accomodation until they can provide themsleves with better." Portrait of man standing with two indigenous men, probably servants, kneeling either side in front of thatch roofed house.; 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-m12299
title: Towering cliff face, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "le rocher de FOMOPA" ("The rock of Fomopa ").  A photograph of a large cliff face with several smaller rocks and trees in the foreground.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "CAMEROUN FRANCAIS - Missions des Pretres du Sacre Coeur de St-Quentin - Procure de la Mission: 214, Rue Lafayette - Paris (Xe)" and a printed address of the publisher: "Dillen et Cie Heliograv. 23, rue Oudinot - Paris" The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart were a Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12337
title: Girl in a striped dress, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: A little child has her hands raised behind her head doing gymnastics.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "Missions Du Cameroun, 68 - &lt;&gt; ou la lecon de gymnastique" ("Mammouna or the lesson of gymnastics"), and the name of the publisher "Maison Jean-Bernard. Editeur. Saint-Etienne".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12336
title: Missionary father with the Sultan of Ngaoundere, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Haut Cameroun - Un Missionnaire hote du Sultan de Ngaoundere" ("High Cameroun - a Missionary host of the Sultan of Ngaoundere"). In front of a large grass hut, a missionary father poses with a seated man wearing indigenous clothes.  Another man kneels behind the seated man.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency "Aidez les Missions des Peres du St-Esprit. C.C. 1059-56 - Abonnez-vous a leurs 'Annales'-10 fr. C. C. 611-49 - 30, Rue Lhomond, Paris (Ve arr.)", and the name of the publisher "Louys Bauer, Imp. Dijon". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12335
title: Missionary sisters with children at a grotto, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Six missionary sisters pose with a large group mostly comprised of children.  Behind them stands a stone grotto and a statue of the virgin.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French, along with a printed title "Nouveaux chretiens venus prier a la grotte" ("New Christians come to pray at the the cave"), the name of the mission agency "Mission Catholique du Cameroun francais, Afrique occidentale - Religieuses de la Sainte-Union des Sacres-Coeurs", and the name of the publisher "Ern. Thill, Burxelles".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m236
title: Portrait of Ranavalona II

description: Copy of painted portrait of Ranavalona II, Queen of Madagascar from 1868 to 1883.; 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 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-m1990
title: View of ruins of meeting hall, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Ruins of the New Hall Preaching place in the Manchester Circuit, Jamaica. In this meeting house a Sunday School has been regularly held. It is also used for a weekly prayer meeting and class meeting. Occasionally it is also used for preaching and other services. It has been a great convenience and blessing in the past especially to the aged and sick people and the little children. The people are all poor and suffered greatly by the drought and still more from the hurricane and they cannot ?arise and build without outside help. " View of ruins of meeting house.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. 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 developed 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-m12319
title: Children learning to sew, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "YAOUNDE. - Les petites internes a la lecon de couture" ("Little interns at a sewing lesson").  Seventeen children sit in two rows each sewing a piece of cloth.  To the right a woman sits at a sewing machine while a missionary sister looks on.  Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12285
title: A chief and his family, Cameroon, ca.1920-1930

description: "Cameroun - Chef Bamoun et sa famille" ("Bamoun chief  and his family").  A family poses with the father sitting in front while the mother and two children stand behind and to the side.  The father and oldest son hold spears.; The back of the postcard is blank with a printed address for the publisher: "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd Arago, Paris." The Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12325
title: Missionary sister with four novices, Efok, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "EFOK. - Les Novices Indigenes" ("Indigenous Novices").  A seated missionary sister poses with four women novices who stand behind her.  Each of the novices wears a habit.  Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank. Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12280
title: People in a boat with cargo, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Cameroun - En route pour le marche" ("On the way to the market").  Four people travel in a boat loaded with cargo and a ladder.  One man sits in the rear with a paddle, two women sit in the middle with the cargo, and one person looks ahead from the front of the boat.; The back of the postcard has a small handwritten note in French, with a printed address for the publisher: "Ste des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bd Arago, Paris." Société des Missions Evangéliques was a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12316
title: A group waits for medical treatment, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "YAOUNDE. - Au Dispensaire: Le Pansement." ("With the Dispensary: The Bandage").  A large group of people waits at the side of a church while a missionary sister prepares to administer medical treatment to a man sitting on the ground.  Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank with printed information about the mission agency: "Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt, 29, Rue Lhomond, Paris 5e, Ch. P. 1345.09" Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12318
title: Missionary sister with large group of female students, Yaounde, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "YAOUNDE. - L'Ecole des Filles." ("The School of Girls").  A missionary sister poses with over fifty women and girls sitting or standing in four rows.  Postcard issued by Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt au Cameroun.; The back of the postcard is blank with printed information about the mission agency: "Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Espirt, 29, Rue Lhomond, Paris 5e, Ch. P. 1345.09" Les Soeurs Missionnaires du Saint-Esprit au Cameroun was a women's Catholic religious order.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12297
title: Houses on the Wuri River, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: "Cameroun - Aux Bords Du Wuri" ("At the Edges Of Wuri").  A large tree stands in the foreground on the shore of the Wuri River, and across the water in the distance at least five houses are visible on the banks of the river.; The back of the postcard is blank, with a printed address for the publisher: "Societe des Missions Evangeliques, 102, Bld. Arago (Paris) - BRAUN & Cie, Imp. Mulhouse-Dornach" the Société des Missions Evangéliques chez les peuples non-chrétiens á Paris (SMEP), a Protestant organization known in English as the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12329
title: Two young children, Yoko, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Two young children wearing knee-length dresses stand side by side and pose for the camera.  In the background a woman stands before a small thatched-roof house.; The back of the postcard is blank with a printed title "15. La cuisine et les...deux futures cuisinieres!" ("The kitchen and ... two future cooks!"), information about the mission agency "Mission Catholique, a YOKO (Cameroun) C. C. Marselle 9760", and the name of the publisher "Helio Maison Jean-Bernard, editeur, St-Etienne".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12332
title: An indigenous priest and a woman stand before a church, Yoko, Cameroon, 1953

description: A man in a clerical robe and a woman stand before the large white pillars of a church building.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French, with a printed title "19. Premier Pretre originaire de YOKO: Abbe J. B. Djimbe, 15 aout 1953" ("First originating Priest of YOKO: Abbot J.B. Djimbe, August 15, 1953"), information about the mission agency "Mission Catholique, a YOKO (Cameroun) C. C. Marselle 9760", and the name of the publisher "Helio Maison Jean-Bernard, editeur, St-Etienne".