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Title
"Baptismal Service, Ekwendeni, Livingstonia" Malawi, ca.1895
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1895
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
Photograph of a large group of people gathered to witness a baptismal service in Ekwendeni in the northern region of Malawi. A thatched building can be seen in the background to the left of the picture. Most of the people in the group are dressed in white.
Ekwendeni was started by Scottish missionaries and has one of the oldest churches in Malawi.
Type
image
Format
1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
lantern slides
Identifier
impa-m68446 [Legacy record ID]
imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS3-1-050.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m68446
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS3-1-050.jpg
Subject
Baptismal sermons
Church attendance
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1895
Place
Africa
Ekwendeni
Malawi
Source
GB 237 CSWC47/LS3/1/50 [File]
Relation
Elmslie of the Wild Ngoni LS3/1
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

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