cover image: Leaving on safari, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

Leaving on safari, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

1928

“Going out to preach & treat sick.” Group portrait of orderlies, teachers and porters preparing to leave on an out station safari. On these trips dispensaries would be set up, school work assessed and religious services performed. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.
travel camping dispensaries (health facilities)
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80527
Dates
1928
Pages
Photographic prints, 10.9 x 8.4 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Chogoria Eastern Province Kenya
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Kenya
Reference
impa-a-nls-97124901-1.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/ccd203918d19caacae87a86007057f0c

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