cover image: Indigenous people carrying supplies, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1903

Indigenous people carrying supplies, Livingstonia, Malawi, ca.1903

“Loads arriving at the homestead.” Group portrait of indigenous women carrying sacks on their heads. Imported supplies were transported eleven miles from Port Stewart, on Lake Nyasa, to Livingstonia situated on a plateau two and a half thousand feet above the lake. ❧ Album containing photographs recording a voyage up the Shire River and scenes from the Livingstonia mission.
food indigenous peoples transporting porters (baggage carriers)
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-80306
Date published
circa 1903
Dates
circa 1903
Pages
Photographic prints, 14.4 x 10 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Livingstonia Malawi Northern region
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-a-nls-75659600-1.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/bb9c55b289511e2f443357b497788169

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