'As You Like it' production - 9625623e9a33f16c73691d16f4c2d266
Cast of the play Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' are all on stage iin the auditorium in Alumni Hall at Knox College. This photograph appeared in the 1904 volume of The Gale, Knox College's yearbook.
(?)Hall, Canton - 5b700d462ed923750cdb8fa32416d3c8
This image is of a civil service examination hall in Canton (Guangzhou). The structure in the center is the entry way and the Chinese characters above the gate read "Dragon Gate" (long men). If a student could ... More
'As You Like it' production - fe8e920a43faa86408b2c0bf7aa82325
Senior class play Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' produced in the auditorium in Alumni Hall at Knox College. The scene is the entrance of the angel. This photograph appeared in the 1904 volume of The Gale, Knox ... More
"We'll have lots to eat this winter, won't we Mother?" Grow your own. ...
World War II poster with a color illustration of a blonde mother and daughter in matching red dresses and white aprons canning food.
(Cawnpore school) - 51ce51ce67d1ddfbb07adccc15292f55
Many people, men, women and children, Indians and Westerners, are gathered on the lawn in front of a mission school in Cawnpore (now Kanpur), India. This school was probably one run by the Woman's Union Misison... More
(Grace Ward and her pupils) - 0b663ef582820d681f18bc0020505a35
Grace Ward is seated in the center of this photograph surrounded by her pupils from the mission school. This school was probably one run by the Woman's Union Misisonary Society of America. Grace Ward worked as ... More
(Cawnpore school) - 104d6784e4a4e9dbcc912852c64c5091
View of a mission school in Cawnpore (now Kanpur), India. This school was probably one run by the Woman's Union Misisonary Society of America. Grace Ward worked as a missionary under the auspices of the Woman's... More
'As You Like it' production - e65f01f57db31ee23e1102f931421670
Shakespeare's 'As You Like It' was staged in the auditorium in Alumni Hall at Knox College. This photograph appeared in the 1904 volume of The Gale, Knox College's yearbook.
(Gateway?) Secundra (Sikandra) Agra - aa85aa21f4e7e1a63516104717fca1d...
View of the south gate of the Tomb of Akbar the Great (1555–1605) in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, uttar Pradesh, India.
(female missionaries and students) - 0d4af50b89c000e5773ead2f89455bf1
Several Western women and several Indian women and a few children pose for this group portrait. The female missionaries are likely workers from the Woman's Union Misisonary Society of America, which operated se... More
(Cawnpore school) - 9910bb60f837e9a007e1eef34e4d5660
A mission school in Cawnpore (now Kanpur), India in 1900. This school was probably one run by the Woman's Union Misisonary Society of America. Inscription on the back reads, "Miss Ward, with love, L.E.D. Cawnpo... More
(Stock bookplate) - 9b6041e20bf23c7c320e32a71145e3fa
Pictorial; Ownership; COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS; [artist's name:] HAYDON JONES | 1901; EX LIBRIS; Two images: at top, a man in white tie sits at a table writing (presumably) a story about the lowe... More
"L'emprunt des ""Derniéres Cartouches" - 0acf65141c38f792c60f84cf9ac4...
Loan of the last cartouche. Frenchmen: just a little more effort!; A man and young girl hand munitions to a soldier as he watches the enemy retreat.; L'Agenda Financier
(school group) - bfe7595cb43969a6801a0b21e9d5145f
A Western woman sits to the left of a group of students, mostly women and girls, in front of a mission school, probably in Cawnpore (now Kanpur), India.
(Stock bookplate) - b5fbb197921a4004f829f6ba5379587d
Pictorial; Ownership; Ex Libris; Black ink on thick beige paper depicting a man in a library full of books reading at a desk, visible through an arched window. The window is decorated with bas-relief statues, a... More
(Presidency College) - ae18eaaabe5bea75990bf35047da4b4b
The columned building is part of Presidency College (now known as Presidency University) in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. The College was established in 1855.
(Cawnpore school) - 7b57f3c10481cb498637ad42139094c5
Several people, both Indians and Westerners, are gathered on the lawn in front of a mission school in Cawnpore (now Kanpur), India. This school was probably one run by the Woman's Union Misisonary Society of Am... More
(harbor) - 4fce9a821d54d18f0573b10aff838759
Two men sit near trees on a bluff overlooking a harbor somewhere in Japan. Three large steamships lie at anchor; several smaller fishing ships are moored in the harbor.
(group portrait) - 9c696cad5326441543ff83eac4957080
Grace Ward writes this on the back of the photograph: 1. Liu Ling is 9 years old. 2. Tong Young is 7. Sister to the girl who has taken the school in [?] 3. Li Sung same age. Her mother was a girl in this school... More
(group portrait) - 459f6b7484563035cd161abe952edb48
A group portrait, likely with Grace Ward identified as the western female in the center of the photograph. Nine Chinese children surround Grace Ward.
(Qutb Minar) - 603607848945570a8043a26f078d78df
View of the Qutb Minar in Delhi, India. The Qutb Minar, made of red sandstone and marble, is the tallest minar in India at over 230 feet high. Construction began on the minar around 1200 a.d. and was finished i... More
(group of Egyptians) - 10c6d71373c4ad6cac594e8dc7cdb382
A scene of four women and a man, possibly Egyptians, turn to look at the camera. Two of the women hold small children.
(rubble) - 2da62f5f2942c91791ce453f2ee2b120
Slabs of white marble and other building materials litter the lawn surrounding a building complex somewhere in India. A man and a boy survey the rubble.
(rooftop view of a city) - 88d460b031b9ed91a566279cba0355a7
A rooftop view of a city in India in the late 19th century.
(stock bookplate) - fd9bfa1b2e7527a710affce435a743d4
Pictorial; Ownership; THIS BOOK BELONGS TO; [artist's initials:] M. W.; Fairy sits on snail and points to what he is rading
(Suez Canal) - 2ab71a1026644279e2ed21f2bf840a4e
Entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Said. Grace Ward wrote on the back of the photograph "Nov 17, 1869 Suez Canal opened - Canal."
(Inland Sea) Onomichi, Bingo - 70a79f1326edb8f7d6998be6f56bc6e4
A view of the Japanese landscape and Inland Sea from Onomichi (near Hiroshima) in what was known as Bingo province in late 19th century Japan. Onomichi was a traditional agricultural hub for rice transportation... More
(Harvesting palms) - 7c93db61df4bd4bf901cf223ab2d9c1b
Some workers pull palm leaves from a tree while others watch. This photograph was apparently taken on the island of Malta.
(High Altar, St. John's Co-Cathedral) - efd72589fd33a4e9013d2a3b404a1...
Interior view of St. John's Co-Cathedral showing the high altar. The statue is is the Baptism of Christ by Giuseppe Mazzuoli. St. John's Co-Cathedral is located in Valletta on the island of Malta.
(oasis) - fec7d9ae0d9a8e31e82b7ffdf1122195
On the Suez canal
(house with veranda) - 2ee26eee1ed46ba63cbebb4cd31bc529
Several men and children find shade on a veranda. Another individual is visible on the second floor of the house.
118 Ellinwood Street, circa 1915. - c71d064773a522fe910c5fb44aaa4b4b
Three store clerks and two children posing in front of shop on Ellinwood Street, Des Plaines, Illinois. The street address above the doorway is 118.
...the state of this nation is good - c9923b138420ff159d7a655b6f66c56...
World War II poster of a Franklin D. Roosevelt quote from January 7, 1943 set against a dark blue background. The poster is folded into quarters. Office of War Information (OWI) poster number 40.
100 Images, Nikko. - c71eaf9fb4c5b060c6ff8327efa17719
A view of some of the Hundred Jizō, just outside of Nikko. Jizō, a bodhisattva, is seen in the Japanese Buddhist tradition as the guardian of children, and in particular, children who died before their parents.... More
(working in the rice paddy) - bce27c50ddd1b3ca0870d27471aff6b0
Photograph of Japanese peasantry at work in a rice paddy. The subjects wear traditional Japanese clothing and Asian conical hats known in Japan as sugegasa.
(Taj Mahal) - 7dd83015de82c6254344586c3411440d
The Taj Mahal, an example of Mughal architecture style, was completed around 1653. The complex of buildings was created by the emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to and mausoleum for his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal ... More
(Taj Mahal) - 8efe0736dd61c43400d4c8f592e6f75e
The Taj Mahal, an example of Mughal architecture style, was completed around 1653. The complex of buildings was created by the emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to and mausoleum for his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal ... More
(woman, two children, cart and donkey) - 1afc3e8ab8fe1becd2c280fbf01c...
A women sits on a cart being pulled by a donkey. Two children, a boy and a girl, stand next to the cart. The cart is loaded with cages with unknown animals and some fowl sit on top of the cages. The location is... More
1351. Chercheuses de Cigarettes. (cigarette seekers) - 50a82e836f57ea...
Seven children pose as a group in this studio photograph. The photographer labeled the children "cigarette seekers." Some of the children hold jugs. One girl wears a hijab and niqab.
(temple complex) - c9e5dc25b8fdba26dc4f43eb1da4a271
A temple complex, perhaps in Kobe, Japan.
(woman with parasol) - 7778ce4c1cf16b18b38cb61a68a11f06
The female subject, dressed in traditional clothing and makeup, shelters herself against wind. This photo was probably taken in a studio with wires attached to the clothing to create an impression of a windy day.
(traditional dress) - b4086c0d9e0439b0c74dc207c53bf8db
A set of six photographs depicting various people apparently from the island of Malta. Some of the photographs are of dolls dressed in traditional costumes.
(unidentified city) - 031f68fe42e58e87f41b376810cb6ae6
View of a street or boulevard in a city somewhere in India. Shops and stores line both sides of the wide boulevard. The center of the boulevard is wide enough to accommodate park features and a fountain. Horse-... More