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c1913 Postcard Bisrampur India Lepers Asylum Church And Hospital Rev Nottrott
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c1913 Postcard Bisrampur India Lepers Asylum Church And Hospital Rev NottrottCard from Foreign
Mission
Board, German Evangelical Synod. The church at times seems to have been referred to as The Evangelical Church.
Pictured
is Rev. K. W. (Karl Wilhem?) Nottrott, born in
Germany
, an American missionary Minister who in 1897
established
a mission in Bisrampur, (now Baitalpur?) in Chhattisgarh State in India for the support of lepers. Sometimes referred to as a Lepers Asylum, the mission and hospital endures today!
Also pictured is the church built under efforts of Rev Oscar Lohr. Also pictured is the native village.
Corner and edge wear as seen in photos. Corners and edges bumped, worn, missing material. Upper left corner of image side creased. Crease below oval image and another along top above the church. Darkening and writing on address side.
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