Black and white lantern slide showing a large group of European missionaries from the Congo Balolo Mission, taken at their Field Conference in 1928. The group comprises of men and women, and one woman holds a European baby on her knee. The slide is captioned with "J J Murray", which may refer to its owner, photographer or a personality at the Field Conference. The photograph was published in the January / February 1929 edition of Regions Beyond (the magazine of Regions Beyond Missionary Union.) The individuals in the photograph are as follows: Back row: Mr Chilvers, Mrs Chilvers, Miss Vinall, Mr Walden, Mr Ivimey, Mr Prime, Mr Ambrose, Mrs Ambrose, Mrs Hall, Mr Hall Centre Row: Mr Wilkinson, Mr Cartwright, Mrs Cartwright, Mr Hart, Mr Wilson, Dr Wide, Mr Skerritt, Mr Proctor, Mrs Skerritt, Mr Syme, Mrs Jeffrey, Miss Hadaway, Miss Gilyatt, Mrs Anstice, Mr Anstice, Mrs Coxill, Mr Coxill Front row: Mrs Wilkinson, Mr Jones, Mrs Jones (and Baby), Miss Cork, Mr Young, Mrs Young, Mr Armstrong, Mrs Armstrong, Mr Ruskin, Mrs Ruskin Centre front: Mrs Hart, Miss Cooper, Miss Horsnell. 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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