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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1922
title: Streetscene outside minister's house, Jamaica, ca. 1920

description: "The Ministers Residence (aka the "Barrett House"), Falmouth, Jamaica". Man and women walking in street outside house. Dog in foreground.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786,  Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1916
title: View of church, new Providence, Bahamas, ca.1920

description: "New Providence. The Whitehouses Wesleyan Church".; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2274
title: Missionary at desk,  Ghana, ca. 1910-1915

description: "Chairman of the G[old] C[oast] District Rev. W.R. Griffin on his office verandah, Cape Coast Castle." William Griffin served in the West Indies from 1885 to 1900 and then as the Chairman of the Gold Coast District from 1910 to 1915.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2356
title: Group portrait of Christian men, Nigeria, ca. 1930

description: "The 12 apostles at Abajekute." [possibly Abeokute, Nigeria]. Group portrait of twelve men  outdoors wearing indigenous and western clothing. People look on in background.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1920
title: View of congregation outside church, Jamaica, ca. 1920

description: "The Old Ocho Rios Wesleyan Church - a fine new church has been erected by the late Rev. A.L. Johnson".; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1939
title: Exterior view of church, Yallahs, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Yallahs Wesleyan Church".; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12653
title: Children pose before the buildings of the regional school, Cove, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "DAHOMEY - Cove - L'ecole regionale." ("The regional school.")  In front of three separate thatched-roof schoolhouses stand three groups of over twenty children, some of whom are holding books.  In front of the nearest group stands an indigneous man dressed in a suit and hat standing next to a chair.  Postcard issued by the "Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres - Venissieux (Rhone)."; The back of the postcard is blank.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2257
title: Portrait of King, Ghana, ca. 1910

description: "Wassaw King, Gold Coast. His Majesty has Xian [Christian] sympathies though not himself a Xian. He gave me 60 sheets of iron for the roof of a chapel in his capital and also promised to supply labout for the erection of the building." Portrait of seated man, Ghana. Rev. William Turnbull Balmer served as the head of various educational establishements for the Methodist Missionary Society in West Africa, including Richmond College in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Mfantsipim High School at Cape Coast, Ghana, before returning to Fourah Bay Ministerial Training College in Freetown. Balmer spent vacations travelling with James Walton in order to acquire new languages. He published many educational books, in English and African languages.; 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. Rev. Balmer served in the Sierra Leone and Gambia district from 1901 to 1909 when he transferred to the Gold Coast briefly until 1911. He resumed his work in Sierra Leone from 1914 to 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12594
title: Missionary sister teaching girls how to embroider, Madagascar, ca.1900-1930

description: "Madagascar - Une lecon de broderie sur filet." ("A lesson of embroidery on a thread of linen.")  A missionary sister stands with seven adolescent Madagascan girls, instructing them how to embroider on a long piece of fabric stretched on a frame.  Postcard issued by the "Mission des Soeurs de la Providence de Corenc (Isere)."; The back of the postcard has a handwritten note in French and contains a printed note: "Au profit des Orphelinats de la Mission." ("To the profit of the orphanages of the mission.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1933
title: Group of school girls with teachers, Jamaica, ca.1910

description: "The girls at the military school at Up Park Camp." Group of Jamaican and English girls with teachers.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2106
title: Congregation in village, Olayinka, Nigeria, ca. 1910

description: "No.1 The Congregation at Layinka." [now Olayinka, Nigeria], Lagos District. Large group portrait outside building with thatched roof. Two copies of print appear in files.; 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. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1938
title: Exterior view of ministers house, Gordon Town, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "The Gordon Town Wesleyan Church ministers House." Horse and carriage outside house.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2148
title: Portrait of two men, Banjul, Gambia, ca. 1910

description: "Bathurst. Cape St Mary. Juju and Cassie, the mission house boys. Both are ?Jollof's? but are unde instruction for baptism." Informal portrait of two men standing outdoors.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1934
title: Group of school children with teachers, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "The boys at the military school at Up Park Camp." Group of Jamaican and English girls and boys with teachers.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2133
title: Group of first Christians, Jojoima, Sierra Leone, 1922

description: "1st Christian Baptisms (4) in Jojoima, Mendi Mission. Jan 1st 1922. Catechist standing right." Group portrait of missionary, catachist and christians.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1935
title: Group of soldiers, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Members of my Society Class. Methodist West Indian soldiers." Group portrait of soldiers in uniforms.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12657
title: Missionary sisters with their female students, Benin, ca. 1900-1930

description: "54. Afrique (Dahomey) - Soeurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame des Apotres en Promenade avec leurs Eleves." ("Missionary Sisters of our Lady of the Apostles walking with their students.")  In front of a thatched-roof building, three missionary sisters pose with   twenty-three Dahomean girls widely ranging in age.  Most of the older girls stand near the building; most of the children sit on the ground.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains printed information about the publisher: "L'Oeuvre de la Propagation de la Foi soutient les Missions Catholiques du monde entier - Envoyer votre offrande par Cheques Postaux, Paris 618.25, Lyon 72.71 - Propagation de la Foi, Paris-5, rue Monsieur (VIIe), Lyon-12, rue Sala." ("The Work of the Propagation of the Faith supports the Catholic Missions of the whole world - To send your offering by Postal cheques, Paris 618.25, Lyon 72.71 - Propagation of the Faith, Paris-5, rue Monsieur (VIIe), Lyon-12, rue Sala.")
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1928
title: View of church, Port Antonio, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "The Port Antonio Wesleyan Church". Children walking past brick church.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1952
title: Portrait of elderly church preacher, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Father Silvera of Buff Bay who suffered much for his faith. He wsa a converted Jew."; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786,  Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1921
title: Streetscene, Jamaica, ca. 1920

description: "East Street from Harbour Street since the earthquake". View of men and women in town street.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2137
title: Children playing outside school building, Banjul, Gambia, ca. 1910

description: "High School, Bathurst, Gambia." [now Banjul, Gambia]. Children playing cricket outside school building.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1914
title: View of school house under construction, Jamaica, ca. 1920

description: "A school room in course  of erection at Mount Fletcher - ?Mavis Bank etc. This has since been finiahed and is being used for worship as well as school purposes (although its much too small) until the church can be restored."; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2136
title: Mosque, Freetown, Sierra Leone, ca. 1910

description: "This mosque is within the barracks of the West African Rgt [regiment] a ? compound of men from the many tribes which are native to the Protectorate of Sierra Leone. The mosque was built by public subscriptions, the money being collected from Mohammedans. Within these barracks, 2 out of 10 companies of troops are Mohammedans. the rest are pagans with less than 20 xns [Christians]. An ?almani or priest conducts the regular services and these are recognised by those in authority - Friday being an offical sabbath day. This is mosque No 5 in Freetown. A few years ago there was only one. Note the star and crescent at top of Dome." Two men standing outside mosque.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2147
title: Staff and students in workshop, Technical school, Banjul, Gambia, ca. 1910

description: "Blacksmith's shop, Technical School, Bathurst. Wm Armatage the instructor on left." Interior view of worskshop with staff and students.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2128
title: Court house, Sierra Leone, ca. 1905-1915

description: "The Court House of a native chief, Mendiland." James Walton served in Sierra Leone and Gambia from 1902 to 1920. Photograph deposited via W.T.Balmer.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1932
title: Group outside country church, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Jeffreyville Wesleyan Church in the Warsonville circuit." "Title: A country Methodist chapel in Jamaica." Distant view of men and women outisde church.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2307
title: Group portrait of King and retinue,  Sierra Leone, ca. 1914

description: "The King Bomboh Lahai and his retinue in the mission compound at Fouricariah." Group portrait of men in front of hut. . Rev. Toye served in Sierra Leone from 1911 to 1920, when he continued his work in India.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2101
title: Portrait of African Christians, Ghana, ca. 1910

description: "Group of native Xtians Sekondi. The man on the right has now entered the ranks of ?university". Outdoor group portrait of young men and women.; 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. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2067
title: Portrait of African woman, ca. 1900

description: "Mammy Lloyd, the ?Iyalode (a high rank distinction) who protected our mission Ho[use] when threatened with destruction. See my little book p.112". Portrait of woman seated outdoors.; 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. The first missionary to arrive in South Africa was Rev. John McKenny, who established a station at Namaqualand in 1814. In 1820, work began amongst the slave population in the Cape Colony, in 1822 at Bechuanaland, and in 1841 a mission accompanied British troops to Natal. The South African Conference was established in 1882, and assumed care of mission work in South Africa (with the exception of Transvaal, Swaziland and Rhodesia).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m22
title: View of rock on hillside, Madagascar, ca. 1865-1885

description: "A granite 'Boss' ". View of hillside with rock.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2323
title: Portrait of church leader, Nigeria, 1926

description: "A Methodist leader at Ilesha, West Africa." Portrait of man in traditional robes. Walker was editor of the Methodist Missionary Society's journals, The Foreign Field, 1914-1932, and it's successor The Kingdom Overseas 1933-1945. He published 18 books and numerous pamphlets, including biographies of Thomas Birch Freeman and William Carey. He travelled to the mission fields extensively, visiting West Africa in 1926.; 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1931
title: Group of men building temporary church and school, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Temporary building at Dallas for worship and school purposes with group of leaders and Rev. C.G. Hardwick in the foreground." Charles George Hardwick served in Jamaica from 1890 to 1916.; William Baillie served as a missionary in Jamaica for over sixty years, He arrived in Jamaica aged 23 in 1887 and served until his death in 1948. There are a number of photographs by Reverend Baillie in the collection, and many appeared in the pages of the "Foreign Field. The earliest Wesleyan mission began in the West Indies when, in 1786, Thomas Coke, destined for Nova Scotia, was driven off course by a storm and landed at Antigua in the British West Indies. There he developed a successful mission of both slaves and landowners. Within a few years almost every colony in the West Indies had been reached.