Black and white lantern slide showing a group of Indian men women and children. The side is captioned: "India. A Native Evangelist", indicating that at least one of the group worked for Regions Beyond Missionary Union, the remainder being family members. Another caption (not visible in this image) indicates the slide to depict: "J.C Rowa and family." The group is dressed smartly. Women wear saris, whilst men wear Western style jackets or the sherwani, a traditional jacket with a high collar. The young boy at the front centre of the group also wears a sherwani, and the infant on the right of the front row wears a checked smock. They stand in front of reed or bamboo fencing around a brick and tiled building. This slide comes from a collection created by missionaries from Regions Beyond Missionary Union, an interdenominational Protestant evangelical mission working in northeast India (Bihar and Orissa) and Nepal.
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lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm lantern slides photographs
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