“The first baptism’s with Dr Arthur, Chogoria, Sept. 1924.” Group portrait Dr Arthur and Christian baptisees. The first eighteen Mwimbi Christians were baptised, by Dr John William Arthur (1881-1952) from Kikuyu, on 28 September 1924. Dr Irvine was not ordained until 1933 and certain duties were performed by ministers from Kikuyu or Tumutumu. ❧ This image is from the first years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, 1922. The early days.”
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82205
- Dates
- 9/28/1924
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 9.9 x 6.1 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Chogoria Eastern Province Kenya
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Kenya
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-97122510-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/01c2d4a386af4badc975d45766104725
