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Title: Bamboo church in New Guinea.
Description: American sailors in a Protestant Bamboo Church.
Creator Name(s): Telder. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Bamboo construction--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby., Protestant church buildings--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby., Protestant church buildings--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby., Sailors--Religious life--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby., Sailors--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby., Church work with military personnel--Papua New Guinea--Port Moresby.
Geographic subjects: Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby., Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby., Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby., Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby., Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby., Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby., Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Oceania--Papua New Guinea--National Capital--Port Moresby
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7810; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-7810
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:146995

Title: Men in Alaska.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: Rev. C. Stuart Ross, New Zealand. Christian regards of C. Stuart Ross, Anderson Bay, Dunedin, Otago, N.Z.
Creator Name(s): Nicholas Brothers (Invercargill, N.Z.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1877, ca. 1877-1907
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Ross, C. Stuart.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--New Zealand--Dunedin.
Geographic subjects: New Zealand, Dunedin., Dunedin (N.Z.), Oceania--New Zealand--Dunedin--Otago, New Zealand
Physical Location: RG 239, Box 11, Folder 12, Image No. 125; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Sheldon Jackson Papers, 1855-1909.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-239
Identifier (local): photographsofmen00unse_0089
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:102795

Title: Queen Elizabeth at Tongo church service
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #P-15661. QUEEN ELIZABETH AT TONGO CHURCH SERVICE. NUKU ALOFA, TONGA ISLANDS -- Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Queen Salote of Tonga, the only other queen in the British Commonwealth, leaves the Wesleyan Church here after attending services. The British monarch was on a tour of the Commonwealth Nations. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-IB-54-NAB-P)
Creator Name(s): Keystone Press Agency Ltd. (publisher)
Date Created: 1954, circa 1954
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022., Sālote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga, 1900-1965., Wesleyan Church.
Topical Subject(s): Queens--Tonga--Nukuʻalofa., Commonwealth countries--Tours--Tonga--Nukuʻalofa., Monarchy--Great Britain.
Geographic subjects: Tonga, Nukuʻalofa., Tonga, Nukuʻalofa., Great Britain., Nukuʻalofa (Tonga), Oceania--Tonga--Tongatapu--Nukuʻalofa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 45, image no. P-15561; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-15661
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:293399

Title: Queen Elizabeth at church service.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #P-15585. QUEEN ELIZABETH AT CHURCH SERVICE. AUCKLAND, N.Z. -- Queen Elizabeth II attended a worship service in the Cathedral Church of St. Mary here during her tour of the British Commonwealth Nations. She is shown on the grounds of the Cathedral with Anglican Bishop William John Simkin of Auckland. During the service, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh stood, with some 800 others in the congregation, for a moment of silent prayer for those who died or were injured when a holiday express train toppled from a flood-weakened bridge on Christmas Eve in one of New Zealand's worst railroad disasters. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MAB-WELL-NZ-12E-53-NAB-P)
Date Created: 1953, December 25, 1953, December 25, 1953
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022., Simkin, William John, Bishop, 1883-1967., St. Mary's Cathedral Church (Auckland, N.Z.)
Topical Subject(s): Anglican Communion--Clergy--New Zealand--Auckland., Commonwealth countries--Tours--New Zealand--Auckland., Monarchy--Great Britain., Christmas.
Geographic subjects: New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., Great Britain., New Zealand., Oceania--New Zealand--North Island--Auckland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 45, image no. P-15585; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-15585
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:293401

Title: Cardinal outfitted for polar visit.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30397 CARDINAL OUTFITTED FOR POLAR VISIT CHRISTCHURCH, N.Z. -- Bound for the coldest regions of the earth, the Military Vicar to Catholics in the Armed Forces is outfitted by a U.S. Navy supply man. Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, draws his equipment from C.B. Gilbert, storekeeper second class, at Christchurch, N.Z., before undertaking his flights to Navy and scientific stations near the South Pole. On his annual visit to servicemen, Cardinal Spellman crossed the international date line, thus was able to celebrate Masses on two Christmases. He visited personnel at McMurdo, Byrd and South Pole stations involved in Operation Deepfreeze. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-12D-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 26, 1963, December 26, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA., Catholic Church--Bishops., Gilbert, C. B., United States. Naval Support Force, Antarctica., United States. Navy--Storekeepers.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Christchurch (N.Z.), Oceania--New Zealand--Canterbury--Christchurch
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. C-30397; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-30397
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352899

Title: Queen Salote of Tonga celebrates 64th birthday.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30737 QUEEN SALOTE OF TONGA CELEBRATES 64TH BIRTHDAY AUCKLAND, N.Z. -- Following her custom of many years, Queen Salote of Tonga attended a small, private thanksgiving service, then entertained guests at a party to celebrate her 64th birthday. The Queen, who heads the Tonga State Wesleyan Church, marked the occasion this year at Auckland, N.Z., where she was receiving medical treatment. The service was conducted by the Rev. Arthur H. Scrivin, veteran Methodist Pacific islands missionary, shown here with Queen Salote and her nine-year-old grandson, Prince Alai-Vahamama'o. At right are the Rev. Athol R. Penn, president of the New Zealand Methodist Conference, and Mrs. Penn. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MAB-NZ-3C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Sālote Tupou III, Queen of Tonga, 1900-1965., Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga., Scrivin, Arthur H., Methodist Church of New Zealand--Clergy., Penn, Athol R. (Athol Roy), 1903-, Methodist Church of New Zealand. Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Queens--Tonga., Prayer meetings--New Zealand--Auckland., Birthdays., Missionaries--New Zealand--Auckland., Kings and rulers--Children., Princes--Tonga.
Geographic subjects: Tonga., New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., Tonga., Auckland (N.Z.), Oceania--New Zealand--Auckland--Auckland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30737; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30737
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353831

Title: Maoris honor new Presbyterian moderator.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31813 MAORIS HONOR NEW PRESBYTERIAN MODERATOR AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A Maori kiwi-feather cloak is placed around the shoulders of D. Norman Perry, new moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, as he is inducted into office at Auckland. The third layman to be elected spiritual leader of the Church, Mr. Perry was honored for his services as adviser to the Maori people in his local community and through the New Zealand Maori Council. John Waititi, an elder of the Maori tribes, helps Mr. Perry don the cloak, which the moderator wore while he delivered his inaugural address. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MAB-NZ-11B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Berry, M.A. (contributor), Auckland star (Auckland, N.Z.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Perry, David Norman., Presbyterian Church of New Zealand., Waititi, Hoani R. (Hoani Retimana), 1926-1965.
Topical Subject(s): Elders (Indigenous leaders), Māori--New Zealand--Auckland., Māori (New Zealand people)--New Zealand--Auckland., Te Whānau a Apanui (New Zealand people) --New Zealand--Auckland., Decoration and ornament, Māori --New Zealand--Auckland.
Geographic subjects: New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., Auckland (N.Z.), Oceania--Australia--Auckland--Auckland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31813; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31813
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356635

Title: 200-year-old communion set.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31873 200-YEAR-OLD COMMUNION SET AUCKLAND, N.Z. -- The Rev. Robert E. Marsden, Anglican minister in Cornwall, England, holds a 200-year-old Communion set which he brought with him on a 12,000-mile journey to remote Oihi Bay, in the Bay of Islands, north of Auckland. The set belonged to the clergyman’s great-great-grandfather, the Rev. Samuel Marsden who, on Christmas Day 1814, became the first missionary to preach the Gospel to the Maoris of New Zealand. On Christmas Day, Mr. Marsden also will conduct a service at Oihi Bay and will use the same Communion set. The rite will mark the 150th anniversary of the pioneer missionary’s first service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MAB-AUC-12A-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Berry, M.A. (contributor), Auckland star (Auckland, N.Z.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, November 26, 1964, November 26, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Marsden, Robert E., Church of England--Clergy., Church of England--Liturgical objects.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New Zealand--Auckland., Colonies--Religious aspects., Liturgical objects--New Zealand--Auckland., Māori (New Zealand people)--Missions--New Zealand--Islands, Bay of.
Geographic subjects: New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Islands, Bay of., Auckland (N.Z.), Islands, Bay of (N.Z.), Oceania--New Zealand--Auckland--Auckland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31873; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31873
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356644

Title: Christian youth village planned in New Zealand.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31814 CHRISTIAN YOUTH VILLAGE PLANNED IN NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- A model of the “Peter Snell Youth Village,” to be built at a seaside resort near Auckland, New Zealand, by the interdenominational Auckland Sunday School Union is examined by officials of the sponsoring organization and Mr. Snell (center), Olympic star who won the 800 and 1,500-meter races. Explaining the Christian youth village project are W.E. Archer (left), secretary of the Sunday School Union, and H.G. Massan, treasurer. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MAB-NZ-11B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Berry, M.A. (contributor), Auckland star (Auckland, N.Z.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Snell, Peter, 1938-2019., Archer, W.E., Massan, H.G., Auckland Sunday School Union (Auckland, N.Z.)
Topical Subject(s): Architectural models--New Zealand--Auckland., Olympic athletes--New Zealand--Auckland., Runners (Sports)--New Zealand--Auckland., Sunday school buildings--New Zealand--Auckland.
Geographic subjects: New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., New Zealand, Auckland., Auckland (N.Z.), Oceania--Australia--Auckland--Auckland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31814; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31814
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356636

Title: Nun hunts crocodiles for mission.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31791 NUN HUNTS CROCODILES FOR MISSION MOVEAVE, Papua -- With high-powered rifle ready, Sister Joseph Mary sails up-river from her remote mission hospital at Moveave, on the southwest coast of Papua, New Guinea, on a hunt for crocodiles. Spotting one, she will aim and fire and her assistants will drag the crocodile’s body aboard. Later the nun and her aides skin the crocodile and sell the skin to Australian traders, with proceeds going to her mission. A British author of adventure stories, Richard Pape, has credited Sister Joseph Mary with saving his life when grave infection followed an injury in the jungles of Moveave. Mr. Pape said he was brought to the mission hospital and the nun “pumped her entire stock of antibiotics into me.” Later he was taken to a hospital in Port Moresby where the completed his recovery. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-11A-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Pictorial Parade, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, October 22, 1964, October 22, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Papua New Guinea--Gulf Province.
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Papua New Guinea--Gulf Province., Missionaries--Papua New Guinea--Gulf Province., Women missionaries--Papua New Guinea--Gulf Province., Hunting--Papua New Guinea--Gulf Province., Hunting rifles--Papua New Guinea--Gulf Province.
Geographic subjects: Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province., Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province., Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province., Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province., Papua New Guinea, Gulf Province., Gulf Province (Papua New Guinea), Oceania--Papua New Guinea--Gulf
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31791; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-31791
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356550

Title: Chaplaincy leader on visit to Pacific Theatres.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: #616 CHAPLAINCY LEADER ON VISIT TO PACIFIC THEATRES Dr. William Barrow Pugh of Philadelphia, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA, is shown on Falalop Island, Ulithi Atoll, which he visited on the last leg of a tour of Pacific theatres. He undertook the tour as Chairman of the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains. CREDIT LINE SHOULD READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (g-9245-np)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (publisher)
Date Created: 1945
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Pugh, William Barrow, 1889-1950., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Stated Clerk (1938-1950 : Pugh)
Topical Subject(s): Military chaplains--Micronesia--Ulithi., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects: Micronesia, Ulithi., Ulithi (Micronesia), Oceania--Federated States of Micronesia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 616; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_616
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357621

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