London Missionary Society lantern slides, ca. 1900-1910

SLIDES 190/Boxes 1-8

fonds

ca. 1900-1910

Graphic Materials, Photographs

52848

179 slides - 8 x 8 cm - lantern

This collection contains 179 lantern slides divided into 4 groups:

Group A
Boxes 1-2 / Items 1-43
Contains 43 slides and includes James Chalmers [Tamate] and the inhabitants of Rarotonga, Cook Island and depicts the impression the missionaries made on the islanders. There is a slide of the last entry in Chalmers diary and one of the gravestone of James Chalmers [d.1901], his wife Sarah Eliza Harrison [d.1900] and the Rev. Oliver Fellows Tomkins

Group B
Boxes 2-4 / Items 44-98
Contains a series of 55 slides about 'David Livingstone - missionary, traveller, philanthropist' and his work in Africa

Group C
Boxes 5-6 / Items 99-142
Contains 44 slides including Port Moresby, Elevara and New Guinea, the Mailu Mission House and the interiors of several local churches

Group D
Boxes 6-8 / Items 143-179
Contains 37 slides of people, places and activities in the Gilbert Islands

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
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