cover image: Sleeping on deck, Nigeria, ca. 1924

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Sleeping on deck, Nigeria, ca. 1924

Black and white photograph showing a European worker of the Church Missionary Society sleeping on the deck of a passenger steamer in Nigeria. She slumps in a deckchair, her hat covering her face. the caption to this image reads: "Sleeping on deck!!! Not a Saturday night d & d [dinner & dance?]!! A worker of the C.M.S." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
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Authors

Emily Godfrey

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77833
Date published
1919/1929
Dates
1919/1929
Format
Black-and-white photographs
Place Discussed
Abia Africa Nigeria rivers
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
IMP-CSCNWW20-1-2-12.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/c505e1f74622cfc39a8a573133916be7

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