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Title
Blantyre Church, Malawi, ca.1926
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1926
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
“Blantyre Church, Foundations dug 1888. Dedicated May 10th 1891.” Exterior view showing St Michael and all Angels Church, Blantyre, Nyasaland [Malawi]. Blantyre was named after the birth place of David Livingstone, in South Lanarkshire, and is famous for the ornate church built by Clement Scott. The church was build by Scott to his own design and finished in 1891. According to Stewart of Lovedale it is, ‘probably the most striking native church in all central Africa, except the cathedral at Zanzibar’.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 13.5 x 8.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75658895-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80160
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75658895-1.jpg
Subject
Architecture (object genre)
Buildings (structures)
Mission churches
Time Period
circa 1926
Place
Africa
Blantyre
Malawi
Southern region
Source
Acc.7548/F/29 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75658893 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Photographs from mission fields, Nyasaland (Malawi), Africa, ca.1926
image/tiff

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