Mission Collection (page 3)

Christian mission school Burma, Myanmar
Vintage 19th century photograph: Christian mission school Burma, Myanmar, with a group of girls of the Karen people

Japanese embassy, ambassadors, to the UK 1862
Vintage 19th century photograph: first Japanese embassy, ambassadors, diplomatic mission to the UK from Japan, 1862

New Year party at the Hoxton Market Christian Mission and Ragged School in January 1924 given by C. P & Sons. A rather sinister Father Christmas holds the attention of a large number of children

Shepherd Street Mission Childrens Home, Preston
Rows of beds in a dormitory at the Shepherd Street Mission Childrens Home, Preston. Date: early 1900s

Chiefs from Arabia and the Gulf visiting the King, 1919
Seeing the sights of London: some of the chiefs from Central Arabia and the Gulf Littoral on a mission to King George V in 1919

Polish nationals praying for Poland in church, Sept 1939
Polish nationals, including army officers, embassy staff, the ambassador and the Archbishop of Westminster Cardinal Hinsley, praying for their country in a Polish Catholic church in Islington

Chocolate lily, Fritillaria biflora
Chocolate lily or mission bells, Fritillaria biflora (Fritillaria kamtschatcensis). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Amarapura Palace, throne room of King Bodawpaya, Emperor of Burma. Reception of the British mission led by Michael Symes, 1795

View of the Jesuit mission at St. Fidelis on the Paraiba river, Brazil. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

The king of the Ashanti people welcomes an English mission
The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with torches perform in front of nobles under parasols and flags

The king of the Ashanti welcoming an English mission
The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcoming an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich in 1817. Reception feast with dancers, drummers, horns, parasols and flags, the king seated on a gold stool

Craven Hall Creche, Marshall Street, London
Cradles, cots and a playpen at the Craven Hall Creche (also known as the West London Mission Creche), Marshall Street, Golden Square, London. Date: 1896

Group photo, Childrens Special Service Mission (now known as the Scripture Union), taking part in a cricket match in North Wales as players and supporters. Date: circa 1908

Rev Peter Thompson, Wesleyan Methodist
Rev Peter Thompson (1847-1909), Wesleyan Methodist, East London Mission. Date: circa 1908

Nurses Home, Ganado Mission, Ganado, Arizona, USA
Nurses Home, Ganado Mission, Ganado Mission Gift Shop, Ganado, Arizona, USA. Date: 1930s

Pewsey, Wiltshire - High Street with Waylens Grocery (left). It seems hghly likely the flags across the street are celebrating the coronation of King George V in 1911. Date: 1911

Hot-cross buns for poor children in the East-end of London
Some 500 children were given a feast of hot-cross buns on Good Friday at the Salmon Lane Mission, Limehouse Fields. Date: 1910

Old Mission Dolores, San Francisco, California, USA
Old Mission Dolores (Mission San Francisco de Asis), San Francisco, California, USA, founded in the 18th century. Date: circa 1920

Christmas tree at the Temperance Hall 1845
Christmas tree, also described as a Tree of Love, by The Illustrated London News, erected on the stage at the Temperance Hall by the London Mission Society who were giving a Christmas celebration for

Missionary treating victims of leprosy, Mozambique
Mozambique, Africa - Christian Missionary treating and caring for African victims of leprosy. Date: circa 1910s

Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain
(ex Armee de l Air) - Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain 92449 (msn 12251, call-sign FA ) at Le Bourget Airport on display with the Musee de l air et de l espace in July 1982

General Airborne XCG-16A 44-76193 at Clinton County Field, Wilmington, OH.. Designed by Hawley Bowlus and Albert Criz, the sole General Airborne Transport Co

During the severe winter weather the Great Arthur Street Mission of Golden Lane were keeping starving people of the East-End of London feed. Men seated on long benches, being served warm soup

Wee Willie Winkie Date: 1932

Duke of York - Visit - Ras Tafari, Prince Regent of Ethiopia
Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) accompanies Ras Tafari (1892-1975), the Prince Regent of Ethiopia who visited England in July 1924. Pictured here at Victoria Station, London

Prince Albert with Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia
Prince Albert (later King George VI - 1895-1952) riding in an open carriage to Buckingham Palace, London with Alexander I (1888-1934)

Pasadena, California, USA - Mission San Gabriel Archangel Date: 1946

Nurses on male ward
Nurses, staff and patients of male ward, Mildmay Mission Hospital Date: circa 1920

New Baptist Mission House, Castle-Street, Horborn 1870
New Mission House, Castle-Street, Horborn, London. Date: May 1870

WAIFS HEADING TO MISSION
Two street Arabs from the streets of London make for the Edinburgh Castle mission in Limehouse where they will be fed. Date: 1895

DESTITUTE CHILDREN FED
Destitute children are found and fed at the Edinburgh Castle, a mission in Limehouse, in the East End of London. Date: 1895

JAPANESE TOWN HOUSE
The house in Yedo (Tokyo) occupied by Lord Elgin during his diplomatic mission to Japan Date: 1858

ELGINS MISSION - 4
Lord Elgins diplomatic mission to Japan : interview between the British delegation and the Japanese ministers Date: 1858

ELGIN IN JAPAN 1858
Lord Elgins diplomatic mission to Japan : exchange of powers with the Japanese commissioners Date: 1858

SOCIAL / TOKYO TEA GARDEN
Tea garden at Yedo (Tokyo) visited by diplomats of Lord Elgins mission to Japan Date: 1858

LONDON HOMELESS MISSION
A mission to the homeless and hopeless, in the East End of London Date: 1895

EAST END MISSION
Men and boys seated on benches inside a charitable East End Mission Date: 1895

St Paul preaching in the synagogue at Thessalonica, as described in the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 17. Date: 1st century AD

Cartoon, The London Mission -- Loading the Gun at Exeter Hall. Punch mocks evangelical calls for British military intervention in Tahiti

Mission Room, East End, East Bergholt, Babergh, Suffolk, England. Date: 1910s

Royal Air Force Captured Messerschmitt Bf 110C-5 AX772 (Luftwaffe 5F-CM of $(F)/14) (W.Nr. 2177) Buit by Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG 5F-CM was based at Cherbourg

Father Lemegour conducts Mass - Belgian Congo, Africa
Father Lemegour conducts Mass at the Village of Zila Zambi- Belgian Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1908

WW1 - US Journalists in front of Ruined Castle of Ham, Somme
WW1 - American Journalist Mission in front of Ruined Castle of Ham, Somme - dynatied by the Germans in 1917. Date: circa 1918

China, Missionary Eugenio Massi - Converted Revolutionaries
A fascinating card, in three sections - first (top left), a portrait of the leader of the 10, 000 revolutionaries who infested the central Chen-Si region

1945 Farnborough Air Show. The Chinese Military Air Mission. Date: 1945

WW1 - French soldiers firing (in vain) toward a German Taube
WW1 - French soldiers firing (in vain) toward a German Rumbler Taube Aircraft flying over their position on a reconnaisance mission. Date: 1914

Bell Tower - Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, California, USA
Bell Tower of the Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, San Gabriel, California, USA - founded in 1771. Date: circa 1920s

San Antonio, Texas, USA - Mission San Francisco De Espada (Fourth Mission) - built in 1730. Date: circa 1920s

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