COLLECTION NAME:
Non-conformist Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL18011397
Reference Number:
EOS/4/2/1/20
Image Title:
Picture postcard of Mr James Holmes
Series Title:
Brethren Missionary Postcards
Parent Work Title:
Album of Photographic Postcards of Brethren Missionaries
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Echoes of Service Postcard Album
Date Created:
c1881-1910
Description:
Postcard featuring a portrait of Mr James Holmes, missionary to Sacristia de Cupuchinas, Puebla, Mexico, who sailed for that country in 1907. Portrait surrounded by the Great Commission text, with the exhortation (paraklesis) "Brethren Pray for us" in the upper left position. A pillar on the right hand side with text explained that "These cards are intended to remind us of the servants of Christ whose faces we have seen, and whose fellowship we have enjoyed but who are now absent, serving the Lord." Finally, a note at the bottom noted that "the proceeds from the sale of these cards, above the cost of production, will be entirely devoted to to the Lord's wprk in foreign lands".
Language Code:
eng
Language:
English
Subject:
Missions
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christian Brethren
Subject:
Echoes of Service (Organization)
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Postcards
Sub-Category:
Portraits
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
20th Century CE
Places Covered:
Mexico: Puebla
People Covered:
Holmes, James
Item Height:
135 mm
Item Width:
80 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Echoes of Service mission organisation, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Echoes of Service Mission Organisation
References:
Long, Kathryn T. ““Cameras ‘Never Lie’”: The Role of Photography in Telling the Story of American Evangelical Missions 1.” Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture, vol. 72, no. 4, 2003, pp. 820–851
Notes:
The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-01-12
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Picture postcard of Mr James Holmes
