cover image: Emily Godfrey and Miss Stringer outside dispensary, Nigeria, 1923

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Emily Godfrey and Miss Stringer outside dispensary, Nigeria, 1923

Black and white photograph printed on a postcard showing two nurses from the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society standing outside their dispensary at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. The nurses are dressed in white uniforms and pith hats with nets attached to them. One of the nurses (Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara hospital) holds a parrot or parakeet on her arm. The nurse who stands to her left is Miss J Stringer. This image comes from a photograph collection kept by Emily Godfrey.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77988
Date published
1918/1928
Dates
1918/1928
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-CSCNWW20-1-7-2-16.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/7fa62f5643a8bf60299eeb54e2f986fb

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