Description
Side A, clockwise: Photo 1: Written in pencil under the photograph: “Parvatamma in a Zenana”: A Bible woman with 5 local women. From their clothing we can deduce that they are Hindu women, probably upper caste because they are in seclusion. Most of them are wearing jewelry, and hence must have come from families that were not poor. Photo 2: Pencil-marked caption under the photograph: Ch.?? Gnanaratnamma in a Village Group: Picture shows a small group of women standing in front of a hut with thatched-roof; behind them, closer to the hut, another group of curious bystanders, mostly women, Gnanaratnamma must be the one who is in white but is wearing a number of bangles. Photo 3: “…. With Zenana Pupil”: Depicts two women, with one of them probably the Bible woman; the other woman is younger and visibly from a well-off family, especially judging from the amount of jewelry that she is wearing. The younger woman has a book in her hand. Photo 4. “A.E.S. In Pas….amma’s Home”: A group photo of women: some sitting on the front verandah of a tile-roofed house; a few others are standing; Anne E. Sanford is sitting in a wooden chair. —Side B, clockwise: Photo 1: Caption written in ink “A Group of Converts”: Five women, with one carrying, probably, a Bible in her hand. Someone has written numbers on each of the individuals. There must be a list of names on the other side of the photo. Photo 2: Caption written in ink “ A Brahmin Family” : A family of four children, husband and wife. Husband is seated. Photo 3: “Group of Bible Women” : Probably a studio photograph. Caption is in ink, on the photographs. The images are numbered; perhaps, each of the Bible Women is identified on the back of the photograph. Photo 4: “On Illinois”, the houseboat that belonged to the mission; the photograph seems to depict only local individuals.
Sponsorship
This material was digitized as part of the In Her Own Right project, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.
