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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m307
title: View of asylum buildings, Anjanamasina, Madagascar, ca. 1910

description: "Asile d'Aliènès d'Anjamasina. Lunatic asylum". View of huts across field.; Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) was the twenty-seventh governor of Michigan serving one term from 1911-12. He travelled widely and visited Madagascar between 1912 and 1914, publishing Madagascar, Land of the Man-eating tree in 1924. A number of the prints in this album are reproduced in this title. The  album comprises of prints, mainly printing-out paper, either taken by or collected by Osborn.  The album is inscribed "This album was made by natives of Madagascar. The bark of the "Tati" was used for the cover".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12655
title: Girls learning how to sew in the courtyard, Cotonou, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - L'Ouvroir de Cotonou." ("The sewing room of Cotonou.")  In a courtyard, at least thrity-five girls sit on benches or on the ground and work on sewing projects.  Three of the girls are learing how to use a sewing machine.  Three missionary sisters supervise and instruct the girls.  Postcard issued by the "Congregation des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres - Venissieux (Rhone)."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12643
title: Missionary father poses with the men of a village, Zagnanado, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 4. DAHOMEY - Zagnanado - En excursion a Sagon-sur-Oueme."  ("On excursion to Sagon-on-Oueme.")  A missionary father and four other Dahomey young men dressed in white suits pose in a village with a large group of men and boys, most of whom are dressed in dark colors.  Three of the men from the village sit with the missionary father.  In the background houses of the village are visible.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12598
title: Missionary priest standing in a doorway, Antananarivo, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: A missionary father stands in the doorway of a bamboo fence.  The door or entrance is constructed of nine large pieces of bamboo, each about seven feet long, that swing from the lintel of the door frame.  A Madagascan man stands with the father holding back some of the bamboo poles to keep the entryway open.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains a printed title: "MADAGASCAR (Cote Est) - Porte betsimisaraka. (Le P. Moudenc)." ("(East Coast) - Betsimisaraka Door. (Father Moudenc).")  The back also contains information about the mission--"Mission de Madagascar (Tananarive) - 79, Avenue de Breteuil, Paris XVe - C.C.P. Paris 13.04"--and the printer--"Helio-Vangirard - Paris."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12654
title: Dahomeans gathered at a small pool by the road, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Coin de lagune." ("Corner of the lagoon.")  In a small pool of water alongside a tree-lined road, twenty-one Dahomean men, women, and children are gathered.  Some children stand in the water without clothes; most stand along the edge of the water.  Many large shallow bowls lie on the ground next to the water.  Postcard issued by the "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres - Venissieux (Rhone)."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12825
title: Missionary father in front of his circular stone house, Lesotho, ca.1900-1930

description: "MISSIONS DU SUD-AFRIQUE - Serie IV - Le Missionnaire a sa residence. (Basutoland)." ("MISSIONS OF SOUTH-AFRICA - Series 4 - The Missionary at his residence. (Basutoland).")  In front of a cirular stone thatched-roof house a missionary dressed in black converses with an indigenous man.  Next to the house stands an indigenous woman, a young boy on a white horse also stands nearby, and on the horizon large mountains are visible.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "MISSIONNAIRES OBLATS DE MARIE-IMMACULEE - Oeuvre des Missions O.M.I. - 75, Rue de l'Assomption - PARIS (XVIe). - Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculee. Revue Mensuelle: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris." ("MISSIONARY OBLATES OF IMMACULATE MARY - Work of Missions O.M.I. - 75, Street of the Assumption - PARIS (XVIe). - Subscribe to the Small Annals of the Missionary Oblates of Immaculate Mary. Monthly Review: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12638
title: Christian mother and her child, Ouidah, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 8. DAHOMEY - Une maman chretienne et sa fille a Ouidah." ("A Christian mom and her daughter at Ouidah.")  A seated women puts her arm around her daughter who stands to her left.  They pose in front of the porch of a large stone building.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12646
title: Dahomean group poses before a church with a large bell tower, Athiémé, Benin, 1929

description: 19. DAHOMEY - Le clocher d'Athieme construit par le R.P. Truhand, 1929. ("The bell-tower of Athieme built by R.P. Truhand, 1929.")  A large group of Dahomean women, men, and children wearing dresses and suits stands in front of a stone church with a very large bell tower.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12647
title: Teachers and students of the Seminary of St. Gall, Ouidah, Benin, 1930

description: 20. DAHOMEY - Seminaire de St-Gall, a Ouidah - Personnel enseignant et eleves du petit et du grand seminaire (20 octobre 1930)" ("Seminary of St-Gall, at Ouidah - Teaching personnel and young students of the great seminary (October 20, 1930).")  Six missionary fathers and ten Dahomean men dressed in white pose with twenty-eight young indigenous students.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12831
title: Missionary father evangelizes an indigenous man, Lesotho, ca.1900-1930

description: "MISSIONS DU SUD-AFRIQUE - Serie IV - Le vieux Missionnaire instruisant le vieux mosuto (Basutoland)." ("MISSIONS OF SOUTH-AFRICA - Series IV - The old Missionary teaching the old mosuto man (Basutoland).")  A missionary father sits on the ground with an indigenous man and teaches Christianity to him by means of a small wooden cross.  Two other indigenous men dressed in suits sit in the background.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission agency: "MISSIONNAIRES OBLATS DE MARIE-IMMACULEE - Oeuvre des Missions O.M.I. - 75, Rue de l'Assomption - PARIS (XVIe). - Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculee. Revue Mensuelle: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris." ("MISSIONARY OBLATES OF IMMACULATE MARY - Work of Missions O.M.I. - 75, Street of the Assumption - PARIS (XVIe). - Subscribe to the Small Annals of the Missionary Oblates of Immaculate Mary. Monthly Review: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12641
title: Schoolboys in front of a church, Adjarra, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 5. DAHOMEY - Adjara - Les ecoliers devant l'eglise." ("Schoolboys in front of the church.")  Three missionary fathers and approximately seven Dahomey men pose with over fifty young boys in front of a large stone church.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12645
title: Missionaries pose with a large group of young students, Porto-Novo, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 7. DAHOMEY - Ecole de PORTO-NOVO" ("School of Porto-Novo"). Three missionary fathers and eight Dahomey men pose with over four hundred boys of various ages in a large courtyard.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12640
title: Missionary father travels by boat in the Oueme river, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 1. DAHOMEY - Sur le fleuve Oueme." ("On the Oueme river.")  Two boats travel on the smooth wide expanse of the Oueme river.  In one boat stand a missionary father and five Dahomey men, two of whom carry long poles to propel and direct the boat.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12656
title: Girls in a courtyard with their sewing projects, Benin, ca.1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Agoue - Le travail manuel." ("Manual work.")  In a courtyard, thirty-four Dahomean girls and three missionary sisters pose in a semicircle each holding different sewing projects.  In the foreground to the left, one girl sits at a sewing table and sews a pattern into a piece of fabric.  Postcard issued by the "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre Dame des Apotres - Venissieux (Rhone)."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12644
title: Missionary father gives a catechism lesson, Zagnanado, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 2. DAHOMEY - Une lecon de catechisme a Zagnanado" ("A lesson of catechism at Zagnanado.")  A seated missionary father holds a book in his lap while behind him stands an indigenous man dressed in white.  Gathered around these two are thirteen boys of various ages, some of whom hold books of their own.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12652
title: Missionary sisters ride in a canoe with children, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "Sur les lagunes du DAHOMEY."  ("On the lagoons of DAHOMEY.")  In the midst of a river, three missionary sisters ride in a canoe with four children and a man who stands at the back of the boat with a long pole used for steering.  At least three other boats are visible, one of which is full of people.  Postcard issued by the "Congregation des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Venissieux (Rhone)."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12618
title: Young boys in front of the cathedral, Ouidah, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Cathedrale de Ouidah."  ("Cathedral of Ouidah.")  Approximately fifty children stand in ten or more single file lines in front of a large stone cathedral.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12648
title: Families of the copper craftsmen guild, Cove, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 17. DAHOMEY - Cove - Groupe familial de la corporation des "Artisans en cuivre."  ("Family group of the guild of the 'Copper Craftsmen.'")  Six men, eight women, and seven children pose in a courtyard beside a thatched roof house.  One man and three women are sitting.  Some wear white, others wear fabrics of various patterns.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12658
title: A man stands in front of the Temple of Snakes, Ouidah, Benin, ca.1900-1930

description: "1. - DAHOMEY - Le Temple des Serpents a OUIDAH - Missions Africaines de Lyon."  ("The Temple of the Snakes at OUIDAH.")  A man stands alone in front of very long hut holding a large curved plate on top of his head.  The structure is made almost entirely of sticks and branches and has at least two separate entrances.  Postcard issued by the "Coll. Propagation de la Foi."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "L'Oeuvre de la Propagation de la Foi soutient les Missions Catholiques du monde entier - Envoyer votre offrande par Cheques Postaux, Paris 618.25, Lyon 72.71 - Propagation de la Foi, Paris-5, rue Cassette (VIe), Lyon-12, rue Sala." ("The Work of the Propagation of the Faith supports the Catholic Missions of the whole world - To send your offering by Postal cheques, Paris 618.25, Lyon 72.71 - Propagation of the Faith, Paris-5, rue Cassette (VIe), Lyon-12, rue Sala.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12835
title: Missionary father visits a woman and her children, Lesotho, ca.1900-1930

description: "MISSIONS DU SUD-AFRIQUE - Serie IV - Le Missionnaire visite ses chretiens (Basutoland)." ("MISSIONS OF SOUTH-AFRICA - Series IV - The Missionary visits his Christians (Basutoland).")  In front of a stone thatched-roof house, a missionary father speaks with an indigenous woman holding a baby.  Eleven children stand near the house and sit on the ground.  Another indigenous boy holds the reigns of a white horse.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains printed information about the mission agency: "MISSIONNAIRES OBLATS DE MARIE-IMMACULEE - Oeuvre des Missions O.M.I. - 75, Rue de l'Assomption - PARIS (XVIe). - Abonnez-vous aux Petites Annales des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie-Immaculee. Revue Mensuelle: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris." ("MISSIONARY OBLATES OF IMMACULATE MARY - Work of Missions O.M.I. - 75, Street of the Assumption - PARIS (XVIe). - Subscribe to the Small Annals of the Missionary Oblates of Immaculate Mary. Monthly Review: 10 fr. C./C. 99-99. Paris.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12622
title: Fon man and woman, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Type de race Fon." ("Type of the Fon race.")  A man and woman seated next to one another pose in front of a patterned curtain.  The woman holds a box in her lap; the man holds a hat.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12651
title: Missionary sister poses with adult women catechumens, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Cours de Catechisme aux adultes." ("Catechism course for adults.")  A seated missionary sister poses with twenty-one Dahomean women in a courtyard.  On two chairs next to the sister are two large pictures used in aiding the catechism.  The women are all wearing garments of various colors and patterns.  Postcard issued by the "Congregation des Soeurs de N.-D. des Apotres pour les Missions Africaines - Venissieux (Rhone)."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12619
title: Children fetching water at the spring, Zagnanado, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Source de la ferme de Zagnanado." ("Wellspring of the farm of Zagnanado.")  Twelve young men and women, widely ranging in ages, pose around a natural spring.  Some stand in the water and hold buckets over their heads.  The water issues from a rock about eight to ten feet above the surface of the small pool.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12639
title: Missionary father poses with seven boys, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: 16. DAHOMEY - Le Pere Ledis" ("Father Ledis.")  A Missionary father poses with seven Dahomey boys who sit or kneel in front of him or at his side.  They pose in the midst of various trees and plants.  One of the boys sits on a tree stump.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the printer: "Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12624
title: Man poses with a snake on his shoulders, Benin, ca.1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Feticheur du Serpent." .  An older man poses in front of a large tree with a snake around his neck.  He wears white clothes and no shoes.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12623
title: Elderly woman and her great-great-granddaughter, Benin, ca.1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Premiere et quatrieme generations." ("First and fourth generations.")  An elderly woman is seated in a chair.  Next to her a young girl stands placing her hand on the elderly woman's shoulder.  The elderly woman is wearing black; the young girl is dressed in various patterns and colors.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m331
title: Missionary and wife sheltering in cave with Malagasy men, Ambohimandroso, Madagascar, ca. 1900

description: "Mr and Mrs Rees ?roches d'Ambohimandroso, Betsileo". {now Fianarantsoa] Missionary and wife stand underneath rock. Malagasy men are seated beside them, probably carriers of the filanjana (Malagasy palanquin) which rests on the ground.; David Morris Rees served the LMS in Madagascar from 1891 to 1925, at Ambohimandroso until 1903 and then at Ambalavao until 1919 when he was transferred to Ambohimahasoa. Anonymous print pasted on to numbered board, used by the London Missionary Society as visual resources for publications etc. Most images have limited hand written captions.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2764
title: Medical missionary with patient, Hankou, China, ca. 1910-1920

description: "Dr Percy McAll, Hankow "[Hankou] c. 1910's - c.1920's. Missionary administering to a patient. Dispensary and medical staff in background. Dr McAll (1870 - 1935) served as a medical missionary in China from 1898 to 1935. Cropped area reproduced in The Chronicle February 1920 p45.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2763
title: Preserved body, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1900

description: "Method of preserving dead at Darnley Island" Papua New Guinea c. 1900. Child's body tied to rack, standing in sun to dry. Coconut placed alongside for scale.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m3
title: Expedition party at Hanua Bada, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1885

description: "H.O. Forbes Esq. at Hanua Bada, Port Moresby." "H.O. Forbes and party of Malays; also Captain Musgrave and Mr Lawes" (caption from published volume). Party gathered in village with equipment before embarking on exploration of inland British New Guinea [Papua New Guinea].; Dr Henry Ogg Forbes led an expedition to explore Mount Owen Stanley under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society, British Association and Colonial Office between 1885 and 1886, during which this photograph was taken. He became Acting Deputy Commissioner of British New Guinea from 1886 to 1889, when he led a second expedition to Mount Owen Stanley. 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 XXI 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-m2756
title: Missionary delivering sermon, Chongqing, China, ca. 1910

description: Dr Richard Wolfendale, street preaching chapel, Chungking [Chongqing], China. ca. 1910; Photographer unknown. Dr Wolfendale (1866 - 1921) supervised the erection of the Chungking Hospital in 1899, and continued with medical missionary work until 1910 when responsibility for the hospital was passed to the Canadian Methodist Mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12595
title: Leaving the church after the Mass, Antsirana, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: Madagascar (Diego-Suarez) - L'Issue de la Messe" ("The exit from the Mass.")  A large group of people mostly dressed in white congregate in front of a church building.  Some carry umbrellas; most wear hats.  Down the hill from the church a number of empty rickshaws are lined up along the side of another building.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission: "Aidez les Missions des Peres du St-Esprit. C.C. 1059-55 - Abonnez-vous a leurs 'Annales'-10 fr. C.C. 611-49 - 30 Rue Lhomond, Paris (Ve arr.)" ("Help the Missions of the Fathers of the Holy Spirit. C.C. 1059-55 - Subscribe to their "Annals" - 10 FR. C.C. 611-49 - 30 Rue Lhomond, Paris (Ve arr.)").  The back also contains information about the printer: "Louys Bauer, Imp. Dijon.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2776
title: Human head being dried, Papua New Guinea, ca. 1900

description: "Human Head Drying" Papua New Guinea Photographer Unknown. c.1900 -c.1910
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12661
title: Town water spring, Zagnanado, Benin, ca.1900-1930

description: DAHOMEY - 18. - ZAGNANADO. - Fontaine publique - Gemeinde-Quelle - Town watering place."  A number of clay pots lie on the ground around the pool of a natural spring.  The water issues from a rock face about six to eight feet above the ground.; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains information about the publisher: "Societe Des Missions Africaines de Lyon - Maison-Mere: 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon. - Seminaire; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; - Ecoles Apostoliques: 1e Pont-Rousseau, pres Nantes, (Loire-Inferieure), 2o Keerlez-Maestricht, (Hollande). - Maison des Aspirants et Noviciat des Freres coadjuteurs Chanly par Wellin, (Belgique). - Missions: I. Vic. Apost.: Benin; Dahomey Cote-d'Or; Cote d'Ivoire; Delta du Nil. - II. Prefectures Apost.: Nigeria Occidentale; Liberia; Nigeria Orientale; Korogo, (Hte Cote d'Ivoire). - III. Oeurve des noirs de la Georgie, (Etats-Unis).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12617
title: Women gather at the river bed, Athiémé, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Le lit du Mono a Athieme." ("River bed of Mono at Athieme.")  Over fifty women and children stand along the shores and in the water of a shallow receding river.  Many seem to be bathing.  Standing on a higher bank on the far left is a missionary father overlooking the scene.  Postcard issued by "Missions Africaines, 150, Cours Gambetta, Lyon."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12597
title: Two young girls posing by a fence, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: Types de jeunes malgaches" ("Types of young Madagascans.")  Two young girls pose in front of a fence, both wearing dresses and no shoes.  One of the girls wears a rosary around her neck.  Postcard issued by "la Mission des Religieuses de la Providence, a Madagascar."; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the mission: "Mission des Religieuses de la Providence a Madagascar. Procures: Couvent de la Providence, Corenc (Isere), ou Mere Berckmans, Providence St-Germain, La Tronche (Is.)
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12596
title: High altar of a church, Nosy Bé, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: "Madagascar. - NOSSI-BE. - Interieur de l'Eglise." ("Interior of the Church.")  Photograph of a high altar with a statue of an angel holding a candlestick on either side.  Above the altar are a number of painted angels and Latin inscriptions including two more statues, most likely Peter and Paul.  Directly above the altar hangs a crucifix.; The back of the postcard is blank.