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Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "Worship of the Ox – Daily worship of the ox is enjoined in Hindu scriptures. The sacred bull in the picture is being led about from house to house for worship and offerings – WMMS Postcards. Series P." JPG file (126 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "A Congregation of Hyderabad Village Christians - With the harvest Thanksgiving Collection, which had just been made – fowls, eggs, melons, rice, etc. Most of these men earn less than sixpence a day - Photo by Mr. J. Vanner Early - Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, 17 Bishopgate Street Within, E.C." JPG file (138 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "How they dine in India: This is the style of well-to-do India where western fashions have not yet come in. No chairs, no table, no jacket; a section of banana leaf to serve for tablecloth and lates and dishes. And the wife to stand and serve her lord until finished. WMMS Postcards Series Q." JPG file (169 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Colored postcard is labeled on the back "Bathing in the sacred Ganges – Every Hindu desires to visit Benares, and to bathe in its holy waters is to make sure of the highest heaven of his dreams. The city of Benares has a population of 200,000, and the Methodist Church sends just two missionaries to evangelise it – WMMS postcards." JPG file (195 KB) -
Contributing Institution: Yale Divinity Library Description: Postcard has a printed caption "The child standing up is Sumitri, rescued from cruel treatment, that has left her an invalid for life; now tenderly cared for in our Bangalore Boarding school - Women’s Wesleyan Missionary Society; Jubilee series 2." JPG file (145 KB)