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Title
Masons at work, Chogoria, Kenya, 1948
Date Created and/or Issued
1948
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
“Two locally trained masons, two of the dormitories and the water tower, Chogoria 4/48.” Portrait of two men working on stone blocks as a child watches. After finding deposits nearby in 1946 Dr Irvine started quarrying volcanic tuff, a stone that was easy to work, for use in the construction of hospital and school buildings in the mission. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1947-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 18.8 x 13.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97123884-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82481
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97123884-1.jpg
Subject
Construction (assembling)
Industries
Stonemasons
Time Period
1948
Place
Africa
Chogoria
Eastern Province
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/11 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97123882 [File]
Relation
Chogoria 1947 to retirement 1961
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
image/tiff

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