Snapshot of Erich Liebmann sitting in a garden
Handwritten label on back says "Bro. Erich Liebmann studying his beloved Hebrew in the Garden of the Jewish Mission one morning"
Snapshot of a view of a bus
Handwritten label on back says "This is a damaged and poor snap taken from our front porch before the new road was made, looking west. See the bus going by & the goats beyond"
Snapshot of a house and yard
Handwritten label on back says "730 Joaquin Ave. San Leandro, Calif. Shows part of the cactus garden." Photographer stamp dated Dec 18 1939.
Studio portrat of a family from Cairo
Handwritten label on back says "A Christian family of Cairo, Egypt, whom Lorna and I visited at Christmas in 1933. The mother was a sister of Bro. Barnabas Noas, an Egyptian evangelist who worked with our mission in Syria. The oldest daughter, standing between her two brothers, was married already & infanticipating. The second daughter did dress-making at home. The next daughter, Phoebe, worked at the YWCA. She took us to the Christmas dinner at the Y. She had studied in England. Next was Susan, a high school graduate who took us to the Museum where we saw Tutankamen's Tomb. Martha & Mary took us to the Great Pyramid & then at a Christmas picnic lunch with us sitting beside the sphynx. (Mary has the long curls)(She and Lorna rode camels) The two youngest were Naomi & Ruth."
Snapshot of children in front of Jacir Palace
Handwritten label on back says "Four half-Arab-half-Italian children - who live in part of Jacir's enormous palace. See the great stone pillars which form his front gateway"
Snapshot of Mrs. Smalley and others in front of building in Madaba
Handwritten label on back says "On our Sat. P.M. walk in Madaba we stopped at the building used as church & school by the missionaries. The school has been closed for lack of funds but I presume they use the room for some of the S.S. classes. The part in the shadow is used for church. A heifer or steer is crossing in the foreground but doesn't show much. Mrs. Smalley in center of group"
Photo of Dorran, Estelle, Elwell and Elias Cox on a porch, taken at an Edson family reunion.
Handwritten label on back says "Cox brothers and sister Dorran, Estelle, Elwell and Elias taken at one of the Annual Reunions of the Edson Family in Chester, VT."
Snapshot of Curtis and Lorna Gibson in Algiers
Handwritten label on back says "Curtis and Lorna in Africa. In the Botanical Garden at Algiers. Happy & enjoying everything to the full."
