1930 Alan & Violet Benson Missionaries to China Vintage Photographic Postcard Blank Back

Interesting vintage photographic postcard – rare and unusual Chinese missionary history.

An original vintage black-and-white photographic postcard depicting British missionaries Alan and Violet Benson in China.

The photograph shows Alan and Violet seated in a traditional horse-drawn Chinese cart, with another gentleman standing alongside.

The printed caption beneath the photograph reads:

"ALAN AND VIOLET BENSON
MISSIONARIES TO CHINA"

HISTORICAL INTEREST

Alan and Violet Benson were British missionaries stationed at Kalgan in northern China.

Alan Benson was arrested by Japanese authorities in late 1940 on suspicion of being a British spy. He endured imprisonment and severe torture.

The photograph is independently documented in the Hong Kong Baptist University Chinese Missionary Art Collection, where this exact image is catalogued as a postcard.