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Title
Mission House, Daska, Pakistan, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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
Exterior view of a mission house, through each archway of the veranda can be seen blinds and a man and women stand at the main entrance to the house. Daska is situated twenty miles South West of Sialkot and was the main station from which itineration could be carried out in the surrounding district and from early on had a permanent catechist. William Scott (1866-1936) spent the greater part of his career in Daska and was Principal of the Christian Boys’ Training School. The European couple in the photograph are William Scott and Mary Elsie Scott (nee Scorgie).
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 15 x 10.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75647175-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78868
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75647175-1.jpg
Subject
Missions
Buildings (structures)
Dwellings
Houses
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Asia
Daska
Pakistan
Punjab
Source
Acc.7548/F/8 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75647173 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Photographs from the Punjab Mission field, ca.1900
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