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Title
A photograph of eight Chinese girls sewing, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
A sewing class. Nantai. Foochow. Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, 27, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. (Series XI.)This shows a sewing class with eight Chinese girls. They are inside a large room. The back of the postcard is addressed to a "Mr. Giles Trowswell Cottage Goudhurst Kent." There is a short note on the front of the card dated Mar-14-13 posted from Ilfacombe. "Just heard from A. Griffin + and she wants me to go to Kings Rd Chelsea with her Sat to Mon. So shall not be home till Monday night. So sorry. But it will be nice to see Ada. Much love Betty.
Type
image
Format
photographic postcards, 9 x 14 cm.
Identifier
impa-m69606 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG101-026-0000-0022
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m69606
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG101-026-0000-0022.jpg
Subject
Handicrafts
Girls
Interior views
Time Period
1920/1940
Place
Asia
China
Source
YDS/RG101/026/0000/0022 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Missionary Postcard Collection
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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