16 Treffer anzeigen

(Left to right) Mr. Glen Graber and Mrs. June Graber, Dr. Daniel A. Poling, Mrs. Dickson, Miss Li (Matron of Home), and Chaplain Foster stand in front of the Taichung CCF Babies Home, Taiwan. 1955 label: “In front of the Taichung CCF Babies Home, only such home for babies in Formosa. Mr. And Mrs. Graber, Dr. Poling, Mrs. Dickson, Miss Li, Matron of Home, Chaplain Foster.”

Between rows of cribs at the Taichung CCF Babies Home, around a dozen babies sit in tiny chairs over the floor. In the foreground, Dr. Daniel A. Poling watches June Graber reach her hand down to one of them. At right are two nurse aids, and in the background stand Mrs. Dickson, Major Foster, and Glen Graber (left to right). Taichung, Taiwan. 1955 label: “The smaller tots play together in bright rooms. The home was built just two years ago and is owned and operated by CCF funds.”

Children play on swings and a slide in the playground of the Taichung CCF Babies Home. Standing among them, at the left of the picture, are (left to right) Major Foster, Glen Graber, Dr. Daniel A. Poling, and June Graber. Miss Li, the Matron of the Home, stands at far right. Taiwan. 1955 label: “In the playground.”

A large group of children (foreground) and adults (center) stand in a circle near thatched roof cottages. 1955 label: “The children will live in cottages of red brick and the home will have the appearance of a country village. Dr. Poling hopes to also erect a chapel for the Home.”

Glen Graber stands on the entrance steps at the dedication of the Taichung CCF Babies Home, Taiwan. Original label: “Dedication of Foundling Home – Formosa.”

Negative of Photo 14. Glen Graber stands on the entrance steps at the dedication of the Taichung CCF Babies Home. Photos 16 and 17 are negatives in an envelope labeled: “Negatives - dedication of foundling home Formosa 1953”

(left to right) An indigenous Tao preacher, Harold Becker, Dr. Roland Brown, Mr. Liu, and Glen Graber stand in front of a village church made from thatch and boards. Five other Tao individuals look on from the church’s porch in the lower left. Orchid Island, Taiwan. 1955 label: “Each village has a little church made from thatch and boards. The man at the left is the native preacher of which there are two for six villages. Their level of spiritual understanding is very low and mixed in with their fear of spirits. Others on the picture are some of our team members, left to right, Harold Becker, Roland Brown, Mr. Liu and Glen Graber.” Further context: “During the first part of May, Dr. Brown, Glen Graber, Harold Becker and three natives visited Orchard [sic] Island. On their visit they gave medical service to most of the residents of the Island. At each village an evening meeting was held where pictures both of a public health nature and religious were shown to the people of the village” (MCC Executive Committee Report, July 16, 1955).

Worship service in Tao church, Orchid Island, Taiwan. Four Tao men and Glen Graber (right) stand and sing at the front of the building, one holding an accordion and another holding a book, while many Tao women sit on the ground looking toward them. 1955 label: “Although their knowledge of the Bible is very limited, they know quite a few songs and love to sing. An accordian (sic) which we carried along helped to boost the singing and to teach new songs.”

A crowd of Tao people, mostly children, reach for Glen Graber as he hands out old Christmas cards. Orchid Island, Taiwan. 1955 label: “The people are very anxious to receive pictures. Here Mr. Graber is distributing old Christmas cards for which they would sometimes almost start a fight.”

A large crowd of men, women, and children, gathered for food relief distribution in the street of a village in Nantou County, Taiwan. Harold Becker, in white, stands at center. Left of him stands Glen Graber, with a pack hung at his side. In the foreground, two men sit working at a table. A row of buildings and the MCC mobile clinic truck can be seen in the background.

Original label: “2). A brief explanation is given to the crowd to clarify the source of the gift and also to explain the contents of the packages and their use.”

Note: Photos 08 through 15 in this folder, and also photos 20 and 21 in the folder 05/62 "MCC Photographs, 1954-70, Taiwan, Culture, 1954” are labeled as a series.

Note: See Photo 06.1 for help identifying individuals in this photo. 1954 label: “Cornerstone-laying ceremony for Mennonite hospital, Hualien, Formosa. MCC personnel missionaries, Formosans and government representatives who participated in a simple cornerstone laying Aug. 21, 1954. “For Service in the Name of Christ” was engraved in the stone in English and Chinese.” An additional semi-transparent label is included with the image, which can be overlayed to identify many of the individuals present. The text of this label reads: “1. Mr. Olson – The Evangelical Alliance mission / 2. Mr. [Norman] Wingert – M.C.C., Japan / 3. Dr. Wang – Hwalien Public Health / 4. Dr. Hsu – J.C.R.R., Taipeh / 5. Mr. Miller / 6. Harold Becker / 7. Glen Graber / 8. Mr. Covell – Conservative Baptist Mission / 9. Dr. Tung – Taiwan University Medical School / 10. Roy [Z.] Eby / 11. Mr. [M. J.] Kao – Hospital Business Manager”

Photo 06 with identification overlay applied. 1954 label: “Cornerstone-laying ceremony for Mennonite hospital, Hualien, Formosa. MCC personnel missionaries, Formosans and government representatives who participated in a simple cornerstone laying Aug. 21, 1954. “For Service in the Name of Christ” was engraved in the stone in English and Chinese.” An additional semi-transparent label is included with the image, which can be overlayed to identify many of the individuals present. The text of this label reads: “1. Mr. Olson – The Evangelical Alliance mission / 2. Mr. [Norman] Wingert – M.C.C., Japan / 3. Dr. Wang – Hwalien Public Health / 4. Dr. Hsu – J.C.R.R., Taipeh / 5. Mr. Miller / 6. Harold Becker / 7. Glen Graber / 8. Mr. Covell – Conservative Baptist Mission / 9. Dr. Tung – Taiwan University Medical School / 10. Roy [Z.] Eby / 11. Mr. [M. J.] Kao – Hospital Business Manager”

Glen Graber handing a Christmas Bundle to a girl, with several young people in the background. Taiwan. Handwritten label: “Formosa” also “Glenn Graber / Christmas Bundles”

Glen Graber and others hand out Christmas Bundles to children, Taiwan. Chairs, a pulpit, and a piano/organ can be seen. Handwritten label: “Glen Graber – Taiwan Xmas Bundle Distribution”

1954 label: “Bundles given out at the Beggars Home. So named because most of the children and their parents make their living by begging on the streets of Taipei. / Formosa, 1954” The tallest person in the photo appears to be Glen Graber.