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Title
Sister Burt and Geoffrey Irvine, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1953
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1953
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
“A medical safari.” Portrait of two Europeans standing next to a Land Rover with a trailer, an indigenous women stands nearby holding a baby. Sister Margaret Burt was the Chogoria hospital matron from 1947–1970 and Geoffrey Christopher Irvine was the second son of Archibald and Margaret Irvine he was born at Chogoria in November 1923 and would become the Medical Superintendent of Chogoria Hospital from 1967-1983. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 13.9 x 8.6 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97123623-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82394
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97123623-1.jpg
Subject
Health care
Medical personnel
Automobiles
Dispensaries (health facilities)
Time Period
circa 1953
Place
Africa
Eastern
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/10 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97123621 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
The Nile Valley album, 1947 & undated
image/tiff

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