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Title
School furniture, Chogoria, Kenya, 1955
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
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
“Workshop.” ‘In holiday time, many of the boys work for fees or pocket money by making school furniture… This pile of desks and benches was made in about a fortnight by 4 lads.’ Exterior view of the workshop with desks and benches laid out and amongst them stand three boys. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 8.7 x 6.1 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-97123791-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82449
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-97123791-1.jpg
Subject
Carpentry
Children (people by age group)
Education
Workshops (work spaces)
Time Period
1955
Place
Africa
Chogoria
Eastern Province
Kenya
Source
Acc.12016/10 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 97123789 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
The Nile Valley album, 1947 & undated
image/tiff

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