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Title
African girls carrying crop to market, 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
“Girls carrying typical Nyasaland basket, going to or from market, or taking maize or potatoes from the fields.” Group portrait of young indigenous females outdoors carrying large woven baskets balanced on their heads.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 9.7 x 7.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75658994-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80202
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75658994-1.jpg
Subject
African
Baskets (containers)
Women
Workers
Time Period
circa 1926
Place
Africa
Blantyre
Malawi
Southern region
Source
Acc.7548/F/29 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75658992 [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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