cover image: Carpentry workshop, Chogoria, Kenya, September 1926

Carpentry workshop, Chogoria, Kenya, September 1926

1926

"Workshop and Young Carpentry Pupils. Ayuba Nguyai". Internal view of carpentry workshop with boys instructed by teacher Ayuba Nguyai. Boys were often taught a trade and products provided an income for the mission. Chogoria was established by a native evangelist and dispenser sent out from Kikuyu in 1916. It sits on the eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, 35 miles from the summit at 17,040 feet, and administered to the Chuka, Mwimbi and Meru tribes. ❧ Mission station established by Dr A.C. Irvine, his wife and Mr Ernest Carr when they arrived, in 1922, from TumuTumu.
training students carpenters workshops (work spaces) nguyai, ayuba, teacher, chogoria, fl. 1926
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79911
Dates
1926-09
Pages
Photographic prints, 10.6 x 8.3 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Chogoria Eastern Province Kenya
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Kenya
Reference
impa-a-nls-75657795-1.tif
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/fe234066d4fe931bf85b20db3aeb3b0a

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