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Title
Solider at Mealtime, Malawi, ca. 1914-1918
Creator
MacKay
Date Created and/or Issued
1914/1918
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Contact the repository for details.
The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Description
Black and white lantern slide showing a soldier walking away from a thatch hut. He carries a bowl in his hand a wears shorts and a ragged, light vest. A bottle can be seen on the ground behind him. Wood, possibly firewood, can be seen piled up by the side of the hut. This slide comes from a set on the activities of the King’s African Rifles battalions in Nyasaland. It was originally held by the Church of Scotland, and generated by J.W MacKay.
Format
lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
lantern slides
photographs
Identifier
IMP-CSWC47-LS13-45.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78544
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-CSWC47-LS13-45.jpg
Subject
Armed forces
King's African Rifles
Military
Operational rations (military supplies)
Portraits
Time Period
1914/1918
Place
Africa
Malawi
military areas
Source
CSWC47/LS13/45 [File]
Relation
Church of Scotland Slide and Visual Collection. Nyasaland King's African Rifles (CSWC47-LS13)
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s

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