Black and white photograph showing a group of medical mission workers standing next to a car. The mission workers were based at the hospital at Ama Achara, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The group is made up of: Dr Cole, a Nigerian doctor, and his wife Mrs Savage, wife of Dr Savage, the first specialist at Ama Achara hospital, with her son and Emily Godfrey, the Matron of the Ama Achara hospital. The group stands in front of a motor car. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
Godfrey, Emily (1884-1978) Cole, Dr Cole, Mrs Savage, Mrs Missionaries, medical Women missionaries Automobiles Physicians Missionary work Primitive Methodist Missionary Society Methodist Missionary Society Group portraits
Time Period
1930/1940
Place
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
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