Black and white lantern slide showing a baptism taking place in the Congo by native evangelists. The atmosphere is informal, and onlookers watch in the water. The figure holding up his hand appears to be baptising another figure in front of him. This slide is uncaptioned, therefore its interpretation as a baptism is speculation based on visual clues. This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission, a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900.
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lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm lantern slides photographs
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