COLLECTION NAME:
Non-conformist Collection
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nonconform~91~1
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Image Number:
JRL18011420
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JRL18011420
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Reference Number:
EOS/4/2/1/43
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EOS/4/2/1/43
Reference Number
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Image Title:
Picture postcard of Mr W. Charles K. Torre
title
Picture postcard of Mr W. Charles K. Torre
Image Title
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Series Title:
Brethren Missionary Postcards
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Brethren Missionary Postcards
Series Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Album of Photographic Postcards of Brethren Missionaries
title_larger_entity
Album of Photographic Postcards of Brethren Missionaries
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Echoes of Service Postcard Album
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Echoes of Service Postcard Album
Alternative Parent Work Title
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Date Created:
c1881-1910
date_created
c1881-1910
Date Created
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Description:
Postcard featuring a portrait of Mr W. Charles K. Torre, missionary to Buenos Aires, Argentine, who sailed for that country in 1889. 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".
description
Postcard featuring a portrait of Mr W. Charles K. Torre, missionary to Buenos Aires, Argentine, who sailed for that country in 1889. 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".
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Language Code:
eng
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eng
Language Code
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Language:
English
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English
Language
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Subject:
Missions
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Missions
Subject
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Subject:
Religion
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Religion
Subject
false
Subject:
Christian Brethren
subject
Christian Brethren
Subject
false
Subject:
Echoes of Service (Organization)
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Echoes of Service (Organization)
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Category of Material:
Archives
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Archives
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false
Sub-Category:
Postcards
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Postcards
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false
Sub-Category:
Portraits
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Portraits
Sub-Category
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
temporal_coverage
19th Century CE
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Argentina: Buenos Aires
spatial_coverage
Argentina: Buenos Aires
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Torre, William�Charles K.,�1853-1923
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Torre, William�Charles K.,�1853-1923
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false
Item Height:
135 mm
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135 mm
Item Height
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Item Width:
80 mm
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80 mm
Item Width
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
current_repository
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Current Repository
false
Provenance:
Echoes of Service mission organisation, former owner
former_repository
Echoes of Service mission organisation, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
image_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Image
false
Rights holder - Work:
Echoes of Service Mission Organisation
work_rights
Echoes of Service Mission Organisation
Rights holder - Work
false
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
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
References
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Notes:
The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
notes
The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
Notes
false
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-01-12
date_captured
2018-01-12
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd)
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Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Image Creation Technique
false
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
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eng-GB
Metadata Language
false