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Title
Asha, the beggar girl, India, ca. 1925
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1930
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
Black and white lantern slide showing a small Indian girl dressed in a dress and jumper, playing on a log near to mission property. The caption on the side reads: "Asha, the beggar girl." 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.
Format
lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm
lantern slides
photographs
Identifier
IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-15.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78237
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS14-15.jpg
Subject
Girls
Beggars
Poverty
Portraits
Time Period
1920/1930
Place
Asia
Bihar
India
educational facilities
Source
CSCNWW33/OS14/15 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s
Regions Beyond Missionary Union. India captioned lantern slides (CSCNWW33/OS14)

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