Detail View: Non-conformist Collection: Picture postcard of Mr and Mrs J. Teskey
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Image Number:
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JRL18011421
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Reference Number:
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EOS/4/2/1/44
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Image Title:
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Picture postcard of Mr and Mrs J. Teskey
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Series Title:
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Brethren Missionary Postcards
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Parent Work Title:
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Album of Photographic Postcards of Brethren Missionaries
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Echoes of Service Postcard Album
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Date Created:
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c1881-1910
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Description:
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Postcard featuring a portrait of Mr and Mrs J. Teskey, English Mission Work, Singapore. 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:
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eng
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Missions
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Subject:
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Religion
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Subject:
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Christian Brethren
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Subject:
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Echoes of Service (Organization)
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Category of Material:
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Archives
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Sub-Category:
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Postcards
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Sub-Category:
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Portraits
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE; 20th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Singapore
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People Covered:
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Terskey, J.
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Item Height:
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135 mm
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Item Width:
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80 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Echoes of Service mission organisation, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Echoes of Service Mission Organisation
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References:
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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
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Notes:
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The digitisation was generously funded by the J.W. Laing Trust
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2018-01-12
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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