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Title
Woman with parrot and three boys, Malawi, ca.1895
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1895
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
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
Group portrait of a woman with a bird sitting on her hand. Three boys sit on the ground in front of her. This image could possibly record scenes from the early years of the Overtoun Institution at Kondowe, also know as Livingstonia. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 12.9 x 10.3 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75659453-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80269
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75659453-1.jpg
Subject
Children (people by age group)
Group portraits
Parrots
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
Africa
Livingstonia
Malawi
Northern region
Source
Acc.7548/F/31 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75659451 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Livingstonia and Lake Nyasa (Malawi), Africa, ca.1895-1905
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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