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Background imageMission Collection: Swedish Evangelical Mission Station, Zazega, East Africa

Swedish Evangelical Mission Station, Zazega, East Africa
Swedish Evangelical Mission Station at Zazega, near Asmara, East Africa (now in Eritrea). Date: circa 1910

Background imageMission Collection: Twoldo Medhen, Abyssinian pastor, East Africa

Twoldo Medhen, Abyssinian pastor, East Africa
Studio portrait of Twoldo Medhen, Abyssinian pastor in East Africa, working for the Swedish Evangelical Mission Society. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMission Collection: Missionary home for boys, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Missionary home for boys, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Missionary home for boys at Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). It was run by a British charity, the Universities Mission to Central Africa. Date: circa 1910

Background imageMission Collection: Mbweni Girls School, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Mbweni Girls School, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Mbweni Girls School at Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). It was run by a British charity, the Universities Mission to Central Africa. Date: circa 1910

Background imageMission Collection: WW1 - British seaplanes in action, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915

WW1 - British seaplanes in action, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915
WW1 - Seven British seaplanes flying towards their first real oversea air raid. The British naval pilots on a mission to bomb various enemy naval works in Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageMission Collection: South Africa - SPG Mission, Enhlanhleni

South Africa - SPG Mission, Enhlanhleni
SPG Mission, Enhlanhleni, Natal, near Pietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Date: 1900s

Background imageMission Collection: Redcar, Yorkshire

Redcar, Yorkshire
Redcar, near Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England. Showing Cliff College Seaside Mission and the Pier Date: 1910s

Background imageMission Collection: Mission Clergymans Post Office

Mission Clergymans Post Office, Canada. Printed by the Colonial & Continental Church Society Date: 1904

Background imageMission Collection: Mission San Gabriel Arcᮧel, San Gabriel, California

Mission San Gabriel Arcᮧel, San Gabriel, California
Mission San Gabriel Arcᮧ el, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 1950s

Background imageMission Collection: Sanctuario de Chimayo Mission

Sanctuario de Chimayo Mission
Detail of a side altar painted by Publo Indians at Sanctuario de Chimayo Mission Church, New Mexico. 1816 Date: 1816

Background imageMission Collection: Taos Pueblo Mission Altarpiece

Taos Pueblo Mission Altarpiece
Carved and painted Crucifixion at the centre of a panelled and painted reredos behind the altar in San Francisco de Asis Mission Church in Taos, New Mexico. The work of Pueblo Indians, circa 1815

Background imageMission Collection: DUMOULIN, Pedro (1808-1838). French Catholic missionary

DUMOULIN, Pedro (1808-1838). French Catholic missionary priest and a member of the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona University Library

Background imageMission Collection: Johann Adam Schall, German Jesuit missionary to China

Johann Adam Schall, German Jesuit missionary to China
SCHALL VON BELL, Adam (1591-1661). German Jesuit and astronomer. He spent most of his life as a missionary in China and became an adviser to the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty. Engraving

Background imageMission Collection: Vincent De Paul, Saint (1581-1660). French priest

Vincent De Paul, Saint (1581-1660). French priest founder of the Congregation of the Mission. Engraving

Background imageMission Collection: World War I. French three-seater aircraft

World War I. French three-seater aircraft
First World War (1914-1918). French three-seated aircraft in photographic mission protected by a Spad. Picture by E. Cournault. Drawing

Background imageMission Collection: Argentina. San Ignacio Min�Jesuit mission of 17th c

Argentina. San Ignacio Min�Jesuit mission of 17th c
ARGENTINA. MISIONES. San Ignacio Min� Ruins of jesuit mission of the Guaranis, founded in 1610 and located finally in 1696. World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. School classrooms

Background imageMission Collection: Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Jerusalem

Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

Background imageMission Collection: RFC after reconnaissance work on Western Front, WW1

RFC after reconnaissance work on Western Front, WW1
The pilot and observer of a Royal Flying Corps aeroplane are helped back to their rest quarters after returning from a reconnaissance mission over the Western Front

Background imageMission Collection: Serra Monument, Old Town, San Diego, California, USA

Serra Monument, Old Town, San Diego, California, USA, in memory of the Spanish Franciscan friar, Junipero Serra (1713-1784), who founded a Christian mission at San Diego in 1769. 1914

Background imageMission Collection: Paris, France - Eglise Saint Vincent de Paul

Paris, France - Eglise Saint Vincent de Paul. Date: 1850

Background imageMission Collection: Fire at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1

Fire at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1
The latter stage of a fire at the Scripture Gift Mission, Naval & Military Bible Society, Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion

Background imageMission Collection: Aftermath of fire at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1

Aftermath of fire at Eccleston Place, Victoria, London SW1
The aftermath of a fire at the Scripture Gift Mission, Naval & Military Bible Society, Eccleston Place, Victoria, London, on 23 April 1956, where there had also been an explosion

Background imageMission Collection: Tatler cover - Dukes of Marlborough & Westminster in uniform

Tatler cover - Dukes of Marlborough & Westminster in uniform
General Bridges, head of the British mission with the Belgian Army in Brussels, pictured with two of Englands premier dukes - Major Hugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879 - 1953)

Background imageMission Collection: Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight
Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, loading supplies into the " Polar Star", before the flight of the 2000 miles from Dundee Island across the Antarctic to the Bay of Whales

Background imageMission Collection: Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot

Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot
American Lincoln Ellsworth and his British colleague and pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who on 23 November 1935, started from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Background imageMission Collection: Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations
Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Background imageMission Collection: Wooden Propeller painted with either an RE8 or a BE2E

Wooden Propeller painted with either an RE8 or a BE2E on a spotting and reconnaissance mission leaving English coastline over the North Sea.. J. Willey J

Background imageMission Collection: Groom, John A and Junior

Groom, John A and Junior
John Alfred Groom and his son. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher, whose concern for poor and often disabled flower-sellers

Background imageMission Collection: Fire Drill, Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea

Fire Drill, Grooms Orphanage, Clacton-on-Sea
Fire drill at John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage opened in 1890 at Clacton in Essex. Groom was a London engraver and evangelical preacher, whose concern for poor and disabled flower-sellers

Background imageMission Collection: Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1

Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1
A large RAF aircraft being tuned up before setting off for Germany from the Western Front in France with a bomb load during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageMission Collection: B. R. S. M Tea Party

B. R. S. M Tea Party
Children, attended by adults, sit at trestle tables in a small hall. Their mugs are filled from watering-cans. A hand-written caption states B.R.S.M. perhaps part of the Ragged Schools Mission

Background imageMission Collection: Sanatorium at Grooms Crippleage, Clacton, Essex

Sanatorium at Grooms Crippleage, Clacton, Essex
The sanatorium and holiday home of John Grooms Orphanage and Crippleage at Clacton-on-Sea. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Background imageMission Collection: Workroom at Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission

Workroom at Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission
Blind, Maimed and Crippled Girls at making artificial flowers at John Grooms Crippleage and Flower Girls Mission. Groom, a London engraver and evangelical preacher

Background imageMission Collection: Chinese troops on U. S. army plane

Chinese troops on U. S. army plane
A transport aeroplane of the U.S. Army Air Forces is used to carry Chinese soldiers to India on a mission Date: 1937-1945

Background imageMission Collection: Bringing Christianity to China - Missionary Card

Bringing Christianity to China - Missionary Card
The quest to bring Christianity to China - Missionary Card Date: circa 1910

Background imageMission Collection: China Inland Mission - Stone Masons

China Inland Mission - Stone Masons Date: 1904

Background imageMission Collection: Village Evangelists training - Hyderabad, India

Village Evangelists training - Hyderabad, India. Date: circa 1908

Background imageMission Collection: Danish Missionary in India, M. Andersen and staff

Danish Missionary in India, M. Andersen and staff
Danish Missionary in India, M. Andersen and his native employees (staff). Date: 1908

Background imageMission Collection: German Mission in Ghana, Gold Coast, Africa

German Mission in Ghana, Gold Coast, Africa
German Mission in Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa - Bremen Evangelical. circa 1910s

Background imageMission Collection: Five boys at a Christian Mission, Africa

Five boys at a Christian Mission, Africa Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMission Collection: The Reverend James Boyle, West Africa

The Reverend James Boyle, West Africa
The Reverend James Boyle, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa Date: circa 1910

Background imageMission Collection: Apprentices - Industrial Department - Qua Iboe (West Africa)

Apprentices - Industrial Department - Qua Iboe (West Africa)
Apprentices - Industrial Department - at Qua Iboe, Nigeria (West Africa) Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMission Collection: Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar

Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar
The Right Reverend Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar Date: circa 1910

Background imageMission Collection: Congo - A Missionary Camp

Congo - A Missionary Camp Date: circa 1910s

Background imageMission Collection: Seven Coadjutor Missionary Brothers - South Africa

Seven Coadjutor Missionary Brothers - South Africa. Date: circa 1909

Background imageMission Collection: South Africa - Kwa-Zulu Natal - Catholic Poor Station

South Africa - Kwa-Zulu Natal - Catholic Poor Station Mission for the indigenous population of the region. Date: circa 1909

Background imageMission Collection: South Africa - Indigenous Mission - Natal

South Africa - Indigenous Mission - Natal Date: circa 1909

Background imageMission Collection: A group of Missionaries in South Africa

A group of Missionaries in South Africa Date: circa 1909



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