Tinted lantern slide showing the port of Conakry (Conachry) on Tombo Island, now in Guinea. Men in flat bottomed wooden boats can be seen over the harbour wall and three smartly dressed men in shirts and hats are being winched up to the harbour. The hand of the photographer can be seen in the image, and has been left untinted. The slide is maked with "H.F.Y", meaning that it was taken by or belonged to Congo Balolo missionary Harry F Young, who sailed for the Congo in 1913 and was based at Bongandanga. 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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