cover image: Laying the hospital floor, Chogoria, Kenya, 1925

Laying the hospital floor, Chogoria, Kenya, 1925

1925

“Maina & Ayubu laying floor in new hospital.” Exterior view of two workers laying a brick floor in the partially built hospital ward. Ayubu Nguiai was the head carpenter and Maina was the mason for the Chogoria mission. ❧ 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.”
hospitals (institutions, health facility) construction (assembling) bricklayers
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-82147
Dates
1925
Pages
Photographic prints, 10.4 x 8.1 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Chogoria Eastern Province Kenya
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Kenya
Reference
impa-a-nls-97122336-1.tif
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/862205d72e4eafd1abd1bfb0c020b013