cover image: Four day old child, Nigeria, ca. 1925

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Four day old child, Nigeria, ca. 1925

Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing a tiny four year old baby girl, cared for by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in their hospital at Ama Achara, Nigeria. The caption on the reverse of the postcard reads: "4 days old!!!" This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Methodist Hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, from 1921 to 1944.
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Authors

James Okosu, Photographer and Contractor, Umuahia Township

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Contributor
James Okosu, Photographer and Contractor, Umuahia Township
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77971
Date published
1920/1930
Dates
1920/1930
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria Umuahia medical facilities: Methodist Hospital, Ama Achara
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-7-1-4.tif
Rights
Centre for the Study of World Christianity Contact the repository for details. The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity, New College, Mound Place, Edinburgh EH1 2LX, United Kingdom divinity-CSWC@ed.ac.uk http://www.cswc.div.ed.ac.uk/collections/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/db94eaf331b7cad559f81a1343de9829

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