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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69418
title: Blantyre Old Parish Church, Blantyre, Scotland, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Image of a drawing of Blantyre Parish Church in Scotland. Blantyre was the birthplace of the Scottish missionary David Livingstone and Blantyre Parish Church was the original place of worship of the Livingstone family.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69419
title: Blantyre Mill, Blantyre, Scotland, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Photograph of Blantyre Cotton Mill or Blantyre Works in Blantyre, Scotland.  The Scottish missionary David Livingstone worked here from the age of 10 whilst attending school in the evenings.  The mill was located on the banks of the river Clyde. A number of red brick building and industrial chimneys can be seen in the photograph.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69420
title: Blantyre Mill, Blantyre, Scotland, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Photograph of Blantyre Cotton Mill or Blantyre Works in Blantyre, Scotland.  The Scottish missionary David Livingstone worked here from the age of 10 whilst attending school in the evenings. The mill was located on the banks of the river Clyde. The photograph shows a courtyard with two sides of a tall red brick building and possibly water in the centre of the courtyard.  A figure can be seen standing at a door on the ground floor of the right hand building.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69421
title: Cotton Mill Piecer, ca.1825

description: Image of a drawing of a piecer at work in a cotton mill. A piecer, normally a young child, had to lean over spinning machines to repair broken threads.  The Scottish missionary David Livingstone (1813-1873) worked as a piecer from the age of 10 in Blantyre Cotton Mill.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69422
title: Blantyre Mill Wages Office, Blantyre, Scotland, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Photograph of the wages office of Blantyre Cotton Mill or Blantyre Works in Blantyre, Scotland.  The Scottish missionary David Livingstone worked here from the age of 10 whilst attending school in the evenings.  The mill was located on the banks of the river Clyde. The photograph shows a small two storey stone building.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69423
title: Blantyre Evening School and Mr McSkimming the teacher, Blantyre, Scotland, ca.1823-ca.1833

description: Photograph of Blantyre evening School where the Scottish missionary David Livingstone was taught in the evenings following a day’s work in Blantyre Mill.  The building is a small detached stone building with large windows.  Also inset is a photograph of Mr McSkimming, a teacher at Blantyre evening school.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69424
title: View of the River Clyde Above Blantyre, Scotland, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Photograph of a view of the River Clyde, taken from an elevated point overlooking Blantyre, the birth place of the Scottish Missionary David Livingstone (1813-1873).  A sloping river bank can be seen in the foreground and buildings are visible in the background.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69425
title: Anderson College, Glasgow, Scotland, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Photograph of Anderson College, George Square Glasgow.  David Livingstone the Scottish Missionary studied medicine and theology here in 1836 following 13 years as a mill-worker. He lived in lodgings in Rotten Row near the College.  The College buildings is a grey stone built structure.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69426
title: David Livingstone's Letter of Application to the London Missionary Society, Blantyre, Scotland, 1837

description: Photograph of David Livingstone's letter of application to the London Missionary Society.  The letter is dated Blantyre, 5th September, 1837.  This is Livingstone’s earliest known letter, written after two years study in Glasgow.  It contains his offer of service to the society with a statement of his religious experience.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69427
title: Robert Moffat (1795-1883), Scottish Missionary

description: Photograph of a portrait of Robert Moffat the Scottish missionary to Africa, and father in law of David Livingstone.  Moffat was born in Ormiston, East Lothian in Scotland, his daughter Mary Moffat married David Livingstone in 1845.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69428
title: Sailing Ship of 1840

description: Image of a sailing ship. This type of ship would have been similar to that on which David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary, took his first voyage to Africa in 1840.  Shortly after his graduation from Glasgow University, Livingstone travelled to Glasgow where on 8th December 1840 he sailed from London to Africa on the "George".; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69429
title: Ox-wagon, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Photograph of an ox-wagon similar to the type that would have been used as transport by the Scottish missionary David Livingstone.  The wagon can be seen in the distance trekking across a hillside. The wagon is being driven by a number of oxen or cattle.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m68426
title: "Dr Elmslie on a journey, Livingstonia" Malawi, ca.1895

description: Photograph of a group of African men, probably of the Ngoni people.  The men are gathered in a forest clearing and Dr Elmslie can be seen in the background sitting at the base of a tree.; Walter Angus Elmslie (1856-1935) was the author of "Among the wild Ngoni, some chapters in the history of the Livingstonia mission in British Central Africa" (New York, 1899).  The Ngoni people are an ethnic group living in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. The Ngoni trace their origins to the Zulu people of kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69430
title: David Livingstone and his Attendants, Africa, ca.1840-ca.1860

description: "Vision, the call from the north". Image entitled "Vision" depicting David Livingstone looking north towards an African sunset whilst his attendants prepare breakfast.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69431
title: Kaffir Kraal or African Homestead, Africa, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: "Kaffir Kraal".  Image of African homesteads or villages similar to those in which David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary, would have visited and preached.  The term kraal refers specifically to the type of dispersed homestead that was characteristic of the Ngoni people of southern Africa. Clusters of small round huts can be seen scattered into the distance.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69432
title: David Livingstone Preaching from his Wagon, Africa, ca.1845-ca.1865

description: Image of a drawing depicting David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary, preaching to African villagers from the back of an ox-wagon.   Preaching from his wagon soon became a feature of Livingstone’s early journeys.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69433
title: African Carriers Resting, Africa, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: Photograph of a group of African carriers resting.  The group are sitting in a clearing and there are a number of bundles beside them.  David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary, employed carriers on his earlier journeys and it is said that learned a lot listening to them talking during rests.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69434
title: David Livingstone Expounding the Gospel, Africa, ca.1875-ca.1940

description: "Truth, Expounding the Gospel".  Image depicting David Livingstone under the eaves of a hut expounding the gospel to a village family with a couple of armed warriors behind.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m69435
title: Chief Sechele, Africa, ca.1840-ca.1860

description: Portrait image of Sechcele, Chief of the Bakwain tribe, Mabotsa, Africa.  Chief Sechele was a friend of the Scottish Missionary, David Livingstone and possibly his only convert.; This belongs to a series of Church of Scotland Foreign Missions Committee lantern slides relating to David Livingstone (1813-1873), the Scottish missionary who was best known as an explorer of Africa and anti-slavery campaigner.  Livingstone was born in Blantyre, Scotland and after working in the local cotton mill from the age of 10 he went on to study medicine and theology in Glasgow in 1836. Having decided to become a missionary he was posted to southern Africa in 1841.  In 1845 he married Mary Moffat.  During his life Livingstone carried out exploration of southern, eastern and central Africa, he discovered and named the Victoria Falls and it was his meeting with H. M. Stanley during a search for the source of the Nile that gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?". David Livingstone died in Africa on 1 May 1873 and his body was buried in Westminster Abbey.