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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12364
title: Two young students, Omvan, Cameroon, ca.1920-1940

description: Two young boys wearing button shirts and hats look down as if reading something not visible in the picture.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains a printed title "Cameroun. - Ecoliers de la Mission d'Omvan" ("Schoolboys of the Mission of Omvan") and the name of the mission agency  "Editions Peres du Saint-Esprit". The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was a Catholic order that sent missionaries to French colonies in Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m214
title: View of Antsampanimahazo, Madagascar ca. 1870

description: "Antsampanimahazo". View of town at edge of river or lake showing church and island. Plains in background.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12417
title: Three girls crushing rice, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 12. - MADAGASCAR. - On pile le riz en cadence" ("Crushing rice in rhythm").  At the side of a stone house, three girls with long wooden poles are crushing rice in a large concrete mortar.  In the doorway of the house, a mother holds a child, a boy carries a baby on his back, and another boy sits on the ground.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2597
title: Portrait of Samoan pastor, ca. 1883

description: "Solomon, native pastor at Apia." Studio portrait of indigenous pastor.; 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-m12432
title: Seated missionary priest carried by four men, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 65. - MADAGASCAR. - En filanzane a travers la brousse" ("In a filanjana through the bush").  Four Malagasy men carry on their shoulders a missionary father in an open sedan-type chair.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m211
title: Distant view of Royal Encampment, Imahamasina, Madagascar ca. 1870

description: "Encampment of the Malagasy in the sacred plain of Imàhamàsinat". View of crowds congregated on plain. Same as image 70 in Parrett album (Record 74); This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12408
title: Aerial view of an observatory, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 170 MADAGASCAR. - Observatoire de Tananarive, vue prise en avion" ("Observatory of Antananarivo, sight taken from a plane").  Aerial view of a large "L" shaped building on top of a mountain with an observatory dome clearly visible.  Mostly open fields lie in the background with a few roads and smaller buildings also discernible.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12441
title: Malagasy girls singing, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 138. - MADAGASCAR. - On repete les cantiques." ("The canticles are repeated").  Thirty adolescent Malagasy girls sit or stand in a circle while one women stands in the center.  The women in the center holds a stick like a baton in her right hand and raises her left hand as if she is conducting the group in song.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12413
title: Missionary priest  with a companion in the road, Anivorano, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 192 MADAGASCAR. - Le Pere Moudene a Anivorano" ("Father Moudene in Anivorano").  A missionary father and a young man pose in the middle of a road.  Behind them is a stick fence and several thatched-roof houses.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12444
title: Missionary priest with a group of children, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: 41. - MADAGASCAR. - Missionaire devant sa case" ("Missionary in front of  his house").  A missionary father poses with eight adolescent boys and girls in front of a stone entryway.  Another boy poses in a window opening above the entryway.  The roof of the stone structure is covered with branches and leaves.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12430
title: Missionary priest teaching catechism with a poster, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 63. - MADAGASCAR. - Le Pere fait le cathechisme" ("The Father performs the catechism").  A seated missionary father teaches a group of over fifty men, women, and children.  The missionary uses a pointer and an instructional poster, which is being held up by a young boy.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2622
title: Colporteur calling at house to sell Bibles, China. ca. 1910-1920

description: Hunan colporteurs visiting a house." China circa 1910 - 1920. Photograph by Dr Wilson; Colporteurs were travelling booksellers, especially those employed by religious societies.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2278
title: Group baptism in river, India, ca. 1930

description: Group baptism in river, Southern India. Rev Early served in Hyderabad and Medak districts for over sixty years between 1914 and 1975.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2575
title: Missionary with indigenous men and teachers outside mission house, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

description: Group portrait of Rev. Frederick William Walker with household of South Sea Island teachers and indigenous boys and men of Papua New Guinea outside mission house, South Cape, Papua New Guinea, c.1890. Walker  (1860 - 1926) first came to Papua as a missionary in 1888 and served in the Port Moresby and Kwato districts until 1894, transferring to the Gulf district until his resignation in 1896, resuming his position between 1902 and 1905. Walker continued to work to develop Papuan commercial interests, and established Papua Industries Ltd "for the instruction of the natives in useful handicrafts and agriculture" [see entry for Abel in LMS register. No. 900], based at Kwato with Charles Abel (1862 - 1930), a company closely associated with the LMS unitl 1926 when it was transferred to the Kwato Extension Association.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2619
title: Last missionaries entering China, 1949

description: "Waiting for the motor ferry across the Yangtze at Chungking. China Inland Mission truck with the European party of the 49-ers". The last CIM missionaries to enter China, in 1949, going in. Photograph by R Willicome
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2569
title: Church members outside church, Hope Fountain, Zimbabwe, 1923

description: "The Great Sam!" Church member outside Hope Fountain Church, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe]
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2162
title: Men inside mosque, Accra, Ghana, 1926

description: "Interior Moslem Mosque Accra." Men standing inside mosque.; 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-m12409
title: Missionary departing for bush on horseback, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 176 MADAGASCAR. - Depart pour la brousse" ("176 MADAGASCAR. - Departure for the bush").  Alongside a brick house, a missionary father speaks with a man, perhaps another missionary, on horseback.   A young boy and a third man stand nearby.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2580
title: Men roasting yams in forest, Papua New Guinea, 1885

description: "Roasting yams for breakfast. Badeba Creek" Papua New Guinea, 1885.; Lindt served as official photographer to Special Commissioner for British New Guinea, Sir Peter Scratchley, in July 1885. This image is part of a five volume commercial album series of the photographs taken on this visit. This image also appears as Autotype Plate X in Lindt's book, Picturesque New Guinea. In the Preface,  Lindt acknowledged the decisive role that the LMS missionary, W.G. Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea from Australia and the photographic work he was able to carry out.  Lawes, himself a prolific and significant photographer, appears in this photograph (2nd from right in white) Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was of paramount importance to expeditionary parties and outside photographers.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2586
title: Group portrait of indigenous Christians, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

description: "Pillars of the church, Port Moresby". Group portrait of indigenous Christians.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12436
title: Missionary on horseback in shallow water, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 7. - MADAGASCAR. - Missionnaire en tournee." ("Missionary in the round").  A missionary sits on a horse in the midst of a shallow river.  Two men stand on rocks in the background.  The entire image is cropped in an oval.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12407
title: Women and children in front of a chapel, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 169 MADAGASCAR. - Premiere eglise de la brousse dediee au Christ-Roi" ("First church of the bush dedicated to Christ the King").  Three women and seven children pose before a small wooden chapel with a thatched roof.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12396
title: Five men in indigenous dress with drums and spears, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 236. MADAGASCAR. - Danseurs au pays antandroy." ("Dancers from Antandroy region").  Five men pose in ceremonial dress.  Two are holding drums; the other three are holding short, thin spears.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2573
title: Boys looking at religious painting, Malawi, ca. 1925

description: Boys looking at painting depicting Jesus preaching. Published with caption "What Does It Mean? The L M S picture, The Hope of the World, telling its story to four African boys"; British Nyasaland [now Malawi]  Africa. c.1925. Originally catalogued in LMS library as Africa, General, Education
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2584
title: View from mission house, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

description: View from the mission house, Port Moresby, showing Papuan women and children in traditional or western dress at edge of mission compound, traditional housing on stilts at water's edge and Elevara Island in background.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2582
title: Portrait of men in ceremonial dress, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

description: Three indigenous men holding decorated ceremonial shields, possibly Motumotu, or Maiva.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2583
title: View along Maine Street, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

description: "Maine Street, Port Moresby. " View along road.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2585
title: Portrait of indigenous women with tattoos, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1890

description: "Tatooed girls" posed against backdrop, decorated with traditional items including bags used to hold babies.; Formerly the first resident missionary on the South Sea island of Niue, Lawes transferred to Papua New Guinea in 1874 until his retirement in 1906.  Lawes was a pioneer missionary photographer, and the first permanent non-indigenous resident of Papua New Guinea. He created the first photographic images of the islands and its peoples as well as images of missionary work, which were distributed commercially through Henry King of Sydney. Lawes' knowledge of, and role in, Papuan life was also of paramount importance to other photographers, particularly those of colonial government and expeditionary parties, such as the Australia-based professional photographer J. W. Lindt, who acknowledged the decisive role that Lawes played in facilitating his visit to Papua New Guinea and the photographic work he was able to carry out.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2615
title: Group portrait of first missionaries of the China Inland Mission, England, 1866

description: Group portrait of  the Lammemuir Party, the first missionary party of the China Inland Mission, 1866. Comprising [Standing, Left to Right] Jane Maclean, Susan Barnes, James Williamson, Emily Blatchley, George Duncan, Louise Desgraz, John R. Sell, Mary Bausum [Sitting, Left to Right] Elizabeth Rose, William Rudland, Lewis Nicol, Mrs Nicol, Jane Faulding, James Hudson Taylor, Mrs. Taylor and four children, Mary Bell, Mary Bowyer and Josiah Jackson. Photograph by Barnes & Son, 422 Mile End Road, London.; The China Inland Mission (CIM) was officially set up in 1865 under the direction of the Rev James Hudson Taylor and William Thomas Berger. Refusing to appeal for funds but relying on unsolicited contributions, the goal of the China Inland Mission was the interdenominational evangelization of China's inland provinces. Missionaries were to have no guaranteed salary and were expected to become closely involved in the Chinese way of life. The first missionary party, including Taylor, left for China on the Lammermuir in May 1866. They reached Shanghai in September, and the first Mission base was established at Hangchow, Chekiang. Between 1866 and 1888, work was concentrated on the coastal provinces. In 1868 the headquarters moved to Yangchow, which was better situated for beginning work in the interior.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12440
title: Missionary sisters in a canoe with Malagasy women and men, Madagascar, ca. 1920-1940

description: 115. - MADAGASCAR. - Les Religieuses de la Providence en Pirogue." ("The Sisters of Providence in a canoe").  Two men stand in shallow water and steady a canoe from either end.  In the canoe are three missionary sisters, two indigenous women holding baskets on their heads, and two indigenous men.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12406
title: Three missionary priests in front of a church, Andevorante, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 166 MADAGASCAR. - Le Pere Lhande a l'eglise d'Andevorante" ("Father Lhande at the church of Andevorante").  Three missionary fathers stand before a church building with a thatched roof and exterior walls supported by wooden beams.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12414
title: Women and children in the doorway of a hut, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 193 MADAGASCAR. - Cases Betsimisaraka" ("Betsimisaraka huts").  Three women and three children pose in the doorway of a wooden thatched-roof hut.  Two women are holding   a child while one weaves a basket.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m212
title: View of Ampamarinana, , Madagascar ca. 1870

description: "Ampamarinana showing the rock over which the Christians were thrown. Also the Palace." View of hill top town.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12415
title: Church congregation in the bush, Madagascar, ca.1920-1940

description: 194 MADAGASCAR. - Paroisse de brousse" ("Parish of the bush" ).  Three missionary fathers and a group of over twenty five men, women, and chidren dressed in white pose in front of a large thatched-roof church building.  In the background other buildings are discernible.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - ch. post. 567-39 Paris.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12442
title: Missionary father on a hilltop with sketch of a cross in the sky, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: 141. - MADAGASCAR. - La Croix sur les hauts plateaux." ("The Cross on the high plateaus").  A missionary father stands on top of a hill, with his left hand resting on the head of a child who stands next to him and with his right hand gesturing toward the sky where an artistic rendition of a cross floats on the horizon.  Ten other Malagasy men and women stand nearby.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "Pour &lt;&gt; - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe. Ch. post. 567 39 Paris