COLLECTION NAME:
Brethren Collection
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Manchester~93~93
Brethren Collection
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Image Number:
JRL18011411
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JRL18011411
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Reference Number:
EOS/4/2/1/34
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EOS/4/2/1/34
Reference Number
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Image Title:
Picture postcard of [A?] G. [Towns?]
title
Picture postcard of [A?] G. [Towns?]
Image Title
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Series Title:
Brethren Missionary Postcards
title_series
Brethren Missionary Postcards
Series Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Album of Photographic Postcards of Brethren Missionaries
title_larger_entity
Album of Photographic Postcards of Brethren Missionaries
Parent Work Title
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Echoes of Service Postcard Album
title_l_e_variant
Echoes of Service Postcard Album
Alternative Parent Work Title
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Date Created:
c1881-1910
date_created
c1881-1910
Date Created
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Description:
Postcard featuring a portrait of [A?] G. [Towns?], missionary to North Africa, who sailed for that country in 1910. Portrait surrounded by the Great Commission text, with the exhortation (paraklesis) "Brethren Pray for us" in the upper left position. A pillar on the right hand side with text explained that "These cards are intended to remind us of the servants of Christ whose faces we have seen, and whose fellowship we have enjoyed but who are now absent, serving the Lord." Finally, a note at the bottom noted that "the proceeds from the sale of these cards, above the cost of production, will be entirely devoted to to the Lord's wprk in foreign lands".
description
Postcard featuring a portrait of [A?] G. [Towns?], missionary to North Africa, who sailed for that country in 1910. Portrait surrounded by the Great Commission text, with the exhortation (paraklesis) "Brethren Pray for us" in the upper left position. A pillar on the right hand side with text explained that "These cards are intended to remind us of the servants of Christ whose faces we have seen, and whose fellowship we have enjoyed but who are now absent, serving the Lord." Finally, a note at the bottom noted that "the proceeds from the sale of these cards, above the cost of production, will be entirely devoted to to the Lord's wprk in foreign lands".
Description
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Language:
English
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English
Language
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Language Code:
eng
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eng
Language Code
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Subject:
Missions
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Missions
Subject
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Subject:
Religion
subject
Religion
Subject
false
Subject:
Christian Brethren
subject
Christian Brethren
Subject
false
Subject:
Echoes of Service (Organization)
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Echoes of Service (Organization)
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Archives
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Archives
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false
Sub-Category:
Postcards
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Postcards
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false
Sub-Category:
Portraits
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Portraits
Sub-Category
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
temporal_coverage
20th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
North Africa
spatial_coverage
North Africa
Places Covered
false
Item Height:
135 mm
item_height
135 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
80 mm
Provenance:
Echoes of Service mission organisation, former owner
former_repository
Echoes of Service mission organisation, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work:
Echoes of Service Mission Organisation
References:
Long, Kathryn T. ““Cameras ‘Never Lie’”: The Role of Photography in Telling the Story of American Evangelical Missions 1.” Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, vol. 72, no. 4, 2003, pp. 820–851
references
Long, Kathryn T. ““Cameras ‘Never Lie’”: The Role of Photography in Telling the Story of American Evangelical Missions 1.” Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, vol. 72, no. 4, 2003, pp. 820–851
References
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Notes:
The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
notes
The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
Notes
false