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Title
"Hurricane Sky", Calabar, late 19th century
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
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
Image of a stormy sky over Calabar. The image shows dark clouds over a flat landscape. The sky is also lit by reds, yellows and greens.
Mary Slessor, the Scottish missionary, lost her hut to a Calabar tornado when it hit the village of Ibaka.
Type
image
Format
1 lantern slide : 8 x 8 cm.
lantern slides
Identifier
impa-m68161 [Legacy record ID]
imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-018.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m68161
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-018.jpg
Subject
Storms
Landscapes (representations)
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
Africa
Nigeria
Source
GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/18 [File]

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