Missionary in camp, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1920-1921

"Helen's father in camp". Portrait of missionary taking tea at an outdoor table with servants standing by the tent. Camel in background. From a series, "When Helen Went to India" from the Foreign Field.; F.D. Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society journals from 1914 to 1945, and reproduced many of his own photographs in their pages, taken on visits to the mission fields. Walker's first journey to the mission fields began in September 1920, when he visited India, Burma and Ceylon. Walker's first photographs from India appear in April 1921 in an article entitled simply, "Pictures and Jottings" giving an overview of Walker's journey and experiences, and introducing the illustrated articles that were to follow. Walker devised a photographically illustrated page for the Mission society magazine, the Foreign Field for children about a missionary's daughter entitled, "When Helen Went to India" with photographs by "Uncle Camera".