cover image: Group portrait of scouts and leaders, Nigeria, 1920

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Group portrait of scouts and leaders, Nigeria, 1920

1920

"Lagos High School Scouts, 1920. rev W H Stacey.". Group portrait of scouts with two leaders. The three scouts in the foreground hold musical instruments - drum and bugles. Methodist Missionary work in West Africa had begun in 1811 with Coke's mission to Sierra Leone. A second station was opened on the River Gambia in 1821, and on the Gold Coast in 1834.
children youth movements wesleyan methodist missionary society group portraits stacey, harold william, 1890-1961

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m2361
Dates
1920
Format
Photographs
Pages
printing-out paper, 14.9 x 21 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Nigeria
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Nigeria
Reference
impa-m2361 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-SOA-MMS-06-20-023-007
Rights
Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books Division, The Library, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies. Library docenquiry@soas.ac.uk http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/services/
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/08e3fc11b7a5253ddd4930a3298c789b

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