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Title
Church at Mehiri, Malawi, ca.1920-1929
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1929
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
"The new brick church at Mehiri on Lake Shirwa. Our 'island' parish'". "Nyasaland [Malawi]". Exterior view of a brick built church with large arched windows, angle buttresses and with a thatched roof. The picture shows two sides of the building, having been taken corner on, and a large group of local people stand along both sides of the building. Many of them are dressed for the occasion in jackets and ties. ❧ This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 16.2 x 12 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75640987-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78698
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75640987-1.jpg
Subject
Buildings (structures)
Church architecture
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1920/1929
Place
Africa
Malawi
Southern
Source
Acc.7548/F/4 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75640985 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from Scottish Missions, the National Library of Scotland
Photographs from various mission fields collected by Dr. Stevenson
image/tiff

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