Black and white lantern slide showing a group of Congolese young men and boys in European dress. They stand behind a row of wicker furniture, in front of a thatched and partly-built dwelling. A European male missionary stands to the dise of the image, and building materials (possibly bamboo) can be seen in the foreground. Furniture making was one of the crafts taught to Congolese boys by the Congo Balolo Mission. This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission, a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900.
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lantern slides 8.2 x 8.2cm lantern slides photographs
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