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Title
S.S. Salamis, Indian Ocean, 1918
Date Created and/or Issued
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
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
“ –[be]tween decks was usually crammed! –[h]ere are just a few. The rest are below.” Exterior view of the deck on board the S.S. Salamis a troop transport heading for Mombasa. Lt. Irvine was stationed on board as the medical officer. ❧ The image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) in German East Africa and Portuguese East Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps. During this time he would meet Dr John W Arthur which in turn would lead to his missionary work at Chogoria in Kenya.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 10 x 7.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97048032-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-81696
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97048032-1.jpg
Subject
Troop movements
Military personnel
Transportation
Time Period
1918
Place
oceans: Indian Ocean
Source
Acc.12016/2 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97048030 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Wartime and other scenes in German East Africa, 1917-1919
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