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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77849
title: E.G with Godwin, Miriam & Ruth with Sarah, Nigeria, ca. 1924

description: Black and white photograph taken at the hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. The image shows Emily Godfrey, first Matron of the hospital, holding a baby in her arms. A small girl stands by her feet. Godfrey is pictured with a Nigerian nurse, Sarah, who holds the hand of a small girl. The baby that Emily Godfrey carries is called Godwin, and the child at her feet is called Miriam, an abandoned twin brought to the mission hospital at five months. The child with Sarah has been named Ruth. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77856
title: Twin mothers & babies, Miriam & Dorcas, Nigeria, 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing the Nigerian mother of two twin girls, Miriam and Dorcas. Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society hospital  at Ama Achara in southeast Nigeria, is pictured carrying one of the children. A bare-chested Nigerian woman carries another child, and another woman sits in the foreground with a young girl. A Nigerian boy stands at the left of the image. The caption to this image reads: "Twin mother & babies Miriam & Dorcas." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77852
title: Sunday and his sister, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph of a small boy named Sunday and his sister, photographed at the hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Sunday is four and his sister is eight. The young girl sits on a wooden bench next to a tin bath in the hospital grounds. Sunday stands next to her, wearing a white shirt. Sunday's sister has a large plaster-cast around one ankle. The caption to this image reads: "Sunday - aged 4 who attended to his sister aged 8. She had double pneumonia & a septic ankle."  This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77847
title: Miriam Wakefield, 6 years, Nigeria, ca. 1931

description: Black and white photograph of a young Nigerian girl, who sits in a large steel bowl, probably used as a bath. She sits on the veranda to a mission building. The caption to this image reads: "Miriam Wakefield. 6yrs. Ward of Mission since 5 months. Thrown away because she was twin." Twins were considered unlucky in Nigeria, and many twin babies were abandoned in the bush, many of whom were found and cared for by missions. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, which was run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77858
title: Sunday with bowl on head after bathing, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a small child with a bowl on his head, standing next to the kitchen (labelled on the photograph) at the hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. Two other young Nigerian children can be seen in the background. The caption to the image reads: "Sunday with bowl on head, after bathing." Sunday was a boy of four, who cared for his eight year old sister who was suffering from double pneumonia and a septic ankle. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77860
title: Four little mission babies, Nigeria, 1916

description: Black and white postcard showing four small babies cared for by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, probably at their bases in southeast Nigeria. The children sit in a wicker basket. The caption to the card reads: "4 little mission babies about 1916." This postcard 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 Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77859
title: Joe, native mason, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a young male Nigerian mason at work, Joe. Joe works on renovating the hospital at Ama Achara, Nigeria, run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. He stands next to a building constructed of brick blocks in work clothes of trousers and a shirt. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77866
title: Marketplace at Igumale, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a scene in the marketplace in Igumale, a town in modern Benue state, Nigeria. A group of men and boys in traditional dress make a circle around two men who stand at its centre. The men wear shorts, and each wears a white feather attached to the top of his head. The caption to this image reads: "Market place at Igumale boy with white feather - a 'brave.'" This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77864
title: Miriam at 18 months, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a baby cared for by the staff of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society at their hospital in Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. Miriam sits on the veranda of the hospital in a tin vessel, used as a bath. Miriam was abandoned because she was a twin. Twins were considered unlucky in Nigeria, and many twin babies were abandoned, some of whom survived to be cared for by missionary workers. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77851
title: Old temporary dispensary, Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1921

description: Black and white photograph showing a view of the temporary dispensary built at the hospital at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria, by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. A woman (labelled as "Mary Anderson", possibly a Nigerian nurse) and a girl stand under the wooden entrance arch. A female patient stands in front of the entrance arch in a ragged garment. A caption related to her reads: "Note singlet." The dispensary is a single storey building with a thatched roof. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77848
title: Alfred, senior dispensary boy, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing Alfred, a dispensary worker at the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital in southeast Nigeria run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Alfred wears a Western style shirt, trousers and white shoes. The caption next to this image reads: "Alfred - senior Dispensary boy." Alfred looks to be in his thirties. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77861
title: Ayala, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a head and shoulders portrait of a Nigerian boy with scars on his head, which have been marked with a cross. The caption to this image reads: "Ayala - 6 severe wounds - see scars on head and shoulder. Left in swamp 24 hours after wounding. Received by us 5 days later in dreadfully septic state. Recovered completely." Ayala would have been brought to the hospital at Ama Achara in southeast Nigeria run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77854
title: Patients washing wounds, E. Godfrey binding one, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a group of Nigerian patients and Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara hospital run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Godfrey is seen bandaging a wound for a standing patient. Other patients stand and crouch in a hospital yard with steel bowls, to be used for washing their own wounds. The caption to this image reads: "Patients washing wounds, E. Godfrey binding one." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77862
title: Part of a crowd of 1,000 awaiting medical attention at Ovim, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a queue of Nigerian patients in the Ovim area, southeast Nigeria, waiting for medical attention. The Primitive Methodist Missionary Society ran a Girls' School and a mission station at Ovim. The men, women and children queue sitting down on a dust track up to a thatched building. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, also run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77855
title: Typical ulcer cases, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph showing a Nigerian woman and boy at Ama Achara hospital, a facility run by the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Both woman and boy are extremely thin, and the woman's breasts are sunken. The boy is particularly emaciated and wears a ragged tunic. The woman has sores on her leg, and her son has sores on his arms and shoulder. The pair carry objects, which look to be birds that have been hunted. Staff or patients from the Ama Achara hospital can be seen through the hospital window. The caption to this image reads: "Typical Ulcer cases." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77896
title: Anniversary at Ihute, Nigeria, 1938

description: Black and white photograph showing a scene at a women's anniversary event at Ihute in Nigeria in 1938. A group of women and girls stand in the village in front of a large banner. The women are in traditional dress, and stand in front of village thatched buildings. 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.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77897
title: Male nurse weighing baby, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a male nurse at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Methodist Missionary Society. The nurse, wearing a white coat, stands next to a table and weighs a small baby in a smock dress on a scale. This weighing programme was part of the welfare work carried out by the hospital at Ama Achara. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77898
title: Girl in traditional outfit, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a young Nigerian girl wearing a patterned traditional outfit at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Methodist Missionary Society. She wears a wrap around her waist, a matching shirt and a head-wrap (or "gele") in the same fabric. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77899
title: Nuenna & the dolly, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing Nuenna, a young girl patient at the hospital at Ama Achara run by the Methodist Missionary Society. She sits on the veranda of the hospital with an African baby doll dressed in a smock and with a necklace around its neck. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77900
title: Midwifery clinic Ukala Ubo, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a midwifery clinic in Ukala Ubo, Nigeria. The clinic is stone-built with a thatched roof. A group of Nigerian women stands in front of the building with a European female missionary, possibly Emily Godfrey, the Matron of the hospital at Ama Achara in southeast Nigeria. A Nigerian mission worker stands next to a small truck. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77901
title: Opening of church on Ndoro circuit, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a speech being made at the opening of a church in Ndoro in modern Abia state, Nigeria. Two European missionary ministers stand in the entrance to the church. Crowds of onlookers carrying paper service sheets stand forming a path to the church. The church is a brick-built building with a corrugated iron roof. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary society in southeast Nigeria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77902
title: Crowd at church opening, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing crowds at the opening of a Methodist church in Nboro in modern Abia state, Nigeria. The building is brick-built with a corrugated iron roof, with roof support columns around the outside. The crowd is mainly made up of Nigerian children. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Hospital, a general hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77903
title: E.G & Mrs Lloyd having tea by wayside from Egedi, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing two missionaries from the Methodist Missionary Society, having tea in a shelter on a journey from Egedi in modern Niger. The female missionary is Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara in southeast Nigeria, and the gentleman is a Mr Lloyd. The pair drinks from mugs and using a thermos flask. The caption to this image reads: "E.G [Emily Godfrey] & Mr Lloyd having tea by wayside from Egedi." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77904
title: Nigerian Eastern railway track, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing the Nigerian Eastern railway track. A group of Nigerian young men stand on the grassland next to the track. A bicycle and trunks and other luggage have been placed onto the ground near them. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a general hospital run  by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77905
title: Nigerian railway, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a section of a Nigerian railway, with two tracks. The photographer's finger can be seen in the foreground of the image. Nigerian young men and boys can be seen on the track, many in ragged clothes, carrying items on their heads. Palm trees surround the railway tracks. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Hospital, a facility run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77906
title: Anniversary at mission hall, Nigeria, 1938

description: Black and white photograph showing a crowd at an anniversary at the mission hall of the Methodist Missionary Society in 1938. The crowd is mostly made up of women, some of whom cover their heads from the sun using umbrellas. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, a general hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77907
title: Mrs Kingston, Mrs Dodds, E.G, Nigeria, 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing three missionaries working for the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria. Mrs Kingston is on the left, Mrs Dodds in the centre, and Emily Godfrey, the Matron of the Methodist Missionary Society hospital in Ama Achara. The image may have been taken at the Ama Achara hospital. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77908
title: Bathing a baby's eyes, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing Matron of the Methodist Missionary Society Hospital at Ama Achara. Emily Godfrey bathes the eyes of a baby, who is held by its mother in a Nigerian village. A young boy stands and watches the procedure. A goat can also be seen in the yard, and Emily Godfrey's hat rests on the wall of the house. This treatment probably took place as part of travelling medical work. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77909
title: Chief compound, Ama Achara, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing the chief compound at the hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. A Nigerian instructor stands in the yard wearing a uniform of shorts, hat and shirt. Nigerian boys sit around the yard. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77910
title: Opening of Okwa Church, Ndoro circuit, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing a scene at the opening of the Okwa church on the Methodist Missionary Society's Ndoro circuit in modern day Abia state. Crowds of women and children can be seen in front of the church. One child wears a particularly large hat. The church is a single-storey brick building with a corrugated iron roof. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital, run by the Methodist Missionary Society in southeast Nigeria.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77911
title: My Lloyd & M.B at the well - Olirkupo [?], Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing two missionaries from the Methodist Missionary Society, Mr Lloyd and Miss Brazier (who was in charge of evangelistic work in the Umuhahia area of southeast Nigeria.) Mr Lloyd operates a local well. He stands on a stone platform and presses on a wear pump. Miss Brazier stands at the other end of the water pump. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77912
title: Drs Cole & Savage, Nigeria, ca. 1936

description: Black and white photograph showing two doctors at the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. Dr Cole stands with his back to the camera wearing trousers and shirt, and Dr Savage wears shorts and a shirt. The pair stands in the hospital courtyard. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77868
title: Our motherless babes, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing eight small children sitting on a rug in the grounds of the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society (formerly the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society.) The children wear singlets or smocks. Some of the children show signs of crying. The caption to this image reads: "Our motherless babes." The hospital at Ama Achara commonly took in babies that were abandoned or without mothers. Abandonment was common in the case of twins, who were considered unlucky in traditional Nigerian culture.  This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77869
title: "Nest", Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing Emily Godfrey, Matron of the hospital run by the Methodist Missionary Society at Ama Achara, southeast Nigeria. She wears a pith helmet, dress and white coat. She carries a "nest" made of reeds, at which she looks down. Emily Godfrey stands in the hospital grounds. The caption to this image reads: "'Nest' in which a newly born baby was brought to us." This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77882
title: Miss Stephens with John & another motherless baby, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing a nurse at the Ama Achara hospital, Miss Stephens. The hospital was run by the Methodist Missionary Society and based in southeast Nigeria. Miss Stephens holds a small baby on her knee, and is watched by a small child in a romper suit, who stands next to her. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77870
title: Miss S & Bernadine & babes, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing Miss Stephens, a nurse at the Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria. Miss Stephens sits with two Nigerian small children on her knee, next to a Nigerian nurse, Bernadine. Bernadine holds another two children on her knee. The group sit in the grounds of the Ama Achara hospital. The Ama Achara hospital took in many motherless and abandoned babies, especially twin babies who were considered an ill omen in traditional Nigerian culture. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77875
title: Miriam Wakefield, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing Miriam Wakefield at Ama Achara hospital in southeast Nigeria, run by the Methodist Missionary Society. She wears a checked dress and a head-wrap (known as a "gele.") Miriam was brought to the hospital to be cared for by the mission at five months old in 1923. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77885
title: Miriam Wakefield as a small girl, Nigeria, ca. 1925

description: Black and white photograph featuring an infant cared for by the Methodist Missionary Society hospital in southeast Nigeria. She stands in a checked smock in the hospital grounds. The child is Miriam Wakefield, who was brought to the hospital at five months old as an unwanted twin baby in 1923. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-77871
title: Miss Ladlay & Mrs Grainer & motherless babe, Nigeria, ca. 1935

description: Black and white photograph showing two female missionaries working for the Methodist Missionary Society at their hospital at Ama Achara in southeast Nigeria. They sit on a rug with two small Nigerian children and three babies. Two other babies sit on a bench behind them. The hospital at Ama Achara took in many motherless and abandoned children, particularly twin babies who were considered to be unlucky in traditional Nigerian culture. This photograph was pasted into one of a series of exercise book albums created by Emily Godfrey, Matron of the Ama Achara Methodist Hospital.