Black and white photograph showing a female European missionary wearing a cape and hat, dressed as Santa Claus. She also wears a false beard, eye brows and moustache. A young European girl stands next to her. Two small Nigerian girls sit and play with toys on her knee. Another Nigerian girl and a male European missionary can be seen in the background. From the context of another photograph, the missionary dressed as Santa Claus is a Miss Holgate. This image may have been taken at the Ama Achara Hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. 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.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-77993
- Date published
- 1933/1943
- Dates
- 1933/1943
- 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-CSCNWW20-1-7-2-9.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/1b4a424785bd70cfc6f7350a46a5e5f9
