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Title
"Opening of Church at Akpap, Calabar", 1913
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1913
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
Centre for the Study of World Christianity
Contact the repository for details.
The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom
divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk
http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Description
Group picture of Akpap villagers outside the new church on the day of the first service to be held here. Children are seated on the ground to the front of the group.
The new church at Akpap was built in 1913 and around 400 people attended the first service.
Type
image
Format
1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
lantern slides
Identifier
impa-m68193 [Legacy record ID]
imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-048.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m68193
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-048.jpg
Subject
Church buildings
Village communities
Group portraits
Time Period
1913
Place
Africa
Nigeria
Source
GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/48 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Mary Slessor LS2
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s

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