Image / Interior of Saint Michael and All Angels Church building, Blantyre, Malawi, 1893

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Title: Interior of Saint Michael and All Angels Church building, Blantyre, Malawi, 1893
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: 1893
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: Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description: "Nach Ost-Afrika. Das Innere der Kirche in Blantyre 1893." ("To East Africa. The interior of the church in Blantyre 1893"). View into sanctuary with altar, two bookrests, tall candlestick and chandelier. Church windows depicting the crucified Christ and other figures. High pillars with rounded arches pointed towards their vertexes. Wooden chairs for the congregation. Imprinted on the image: "Inneres d. Kirche in Blantyre. Ost-Afrika. No. 282." ("Interior of the church in Blantyre. East Africa. No. 282.").
The Saint Michael and All Angels Church building was designed by David Clement Scott and built by Malawians in 1888-1891.
Type: image
Format: photographic prints, 9.1 x 13.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier: impa-m2112 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00282
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2112
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00282.jpg
Subject: Religious buildings
Interior views
Time Period: 1893
Place: Africa
Blantyre
Malawi
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 1
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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