cover image: Missionary's wife with indigenous Christians, Trivandrum, India, ca. 1900-1910

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Missionary's wife with indigenous Christians, Trivandrum, India, ca. 1900-1910

"Our Christian lepers in Trivandrum. Government Leper Asylum. Photo taken receiving their Christmas gifts and partaking of the Holy Communion which is always a great pleasure for me to share with them. (Bessie Osborne)." Bessie Osborne was the wife of LMS missionary, William Davey Osborne. They served together in India from 1893 to 1914, at Trivandrum until 1900 when they moved to Attingal. One of a number of prints captioned and pasted onto numbered boards, used by the London Missionary Society for reference and publications.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1505
Date published
1893/1900
Dates
1893/1900
Format
Photographs
Pages
printing-out paper, 10.2 x 14.5 cm.
Place Discussed
India Trivandrum
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
India
Reference
impa-m1505 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-CWM-09-10-013-007-3
Rights
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Council for World Missions University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c62a6b7de9e9132646e80bab3709f370

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