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DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82331
title: New hospital ward, Chogoria, Kenya, 1939

description: “Theatre & male ward. The hospital.” Exterior view of the male ward with the builders standing outside. An expansion in the hospital saw new male and female wards built to replace the original quarters which were converted into children’s and maternity wards. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82319
title: Garden at Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “Plentiful harvest 6 different crops in one garden.” Exterior view showing the garden, at the Chogoria mission, where food was grown, being near the equator meant there were two rainy seasons and therefore two harvests. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82381
title: Unloading the taxi, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Landscape view showing medical staff and patients standing around as the Embu to Meru bus has belongings unloaded from the roof. The introduction of a bus service in 1945 saw an increase in admissions to the hospital as patients started coming in from further afield; 1949 saw the admission of 3,690 patients. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79066
title: Indian Farmer Ploughing, Punjab, Pakistan, ca.1900

description: “Indian Farmer Ploughing, Panjab [Punjab].” Vignette view of two yoked oxen pulling indigenous man and plow.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82332
title: Original wards, Chogoria, Kenya, 1938

description: “The hospital.” Exterior view of the original male and female wards with adult and child patients on the grass outside, beds are set up under the trees. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82343
title: Child and nurse, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Chucki – bingo! Hospital.” Portrait of an infant holding hands with a nurse outside the children’s ward of the Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82326
title: Teacher and girl boarders, Chogoria, Kenya, 1937

description: “Miss Brownlea [more likely Miss Ina Hood] & dormitory girls 1940[1937]. Chogoria school.” Exterior view of a brick building, still under construction, with a teacher and children standing in a line outside. The girls' dormitory was constructed in 1937 at the time Miss Ina Hood was on secondment to Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78851
title: Wheelbarrow and passenger, Shanghai, ca.1900

description: Portrait of a wheelbarrow passenger and driver, the barrow has a single wooden wheel with an iron rim. The Chinese wheelbarrow was used to transport goods as well as people and was used widely in Shanghai before being superseded by the rickshaw, although it continued to be used well into the twentieth century. The barrows were easily manoeuvrable through the narrow streets and were cheap to hire.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82413
title: Hospital staff, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Chogoria staff.” Group portrait of dressers and nurses standing in a long row outside. By 1949 the staffing level at the Chogoria hospital consisted of twenty male dressers and twenty four female nurses. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78885
title: Family group portrait, Punjab, ca.1890

description: Group portrait of a family with parents, children and grandchildren none of the individuals are identified. The photograph was taken in the Punjab and is connected to the Church of Scotland Mission.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82404
title: Dr Irvine examines an infant, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Interior view of a consultation room where Dr Irvine examines a child, held up by its mother, as a nurse looks on. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78857
title: Interior of Mission House, Daska, Pakistan, ca.1900

description: Interior view of a room showing a mantelpiece, on which sit framed photographs, chairs and a writing desk. Bright sunlight shines through the glass panes of the door. Daska is situated twenty miles South West of Sialkot and was the main station from which itineration could be carried out in the surrounding district and from early on had a permanent catechist. William Scott (1866-1936) spent the greater part of his career in Daska and was Principal of the Christian Boys’ Training School.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82324
title: Irvine family portrait, Chogoria, Kenya, 1942

description: “Dr. & Mrs Irvine & Jeff, Ken & Tony 1942.” Group portrait of the Irvine family at their home in Chogoria. The Christmas of 1942 was the last year the family was all together as both Anthony and Geoff enlisted in the military and later Kenneth would leave to study medicine at Cape Town University. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82423
title: Nurses with diagram, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Group portrait of nurses holding up and looking at an illustration of the lifecycle of the human embryo. The maternity ward at Chogoria dealt with an increasing number of women coming to the hospital to give birth, a new unit open in 1942 with 5 beds but by 1949 Dr Irvine was campaigning for a larger ward ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78992
title: Village Church, Punjab, Pakistan, ca.1910

description: “Village Church Bhopalwala, Daska district.” External view of small church building with several men sitting outside. Daska is situated twenty miles South West of Sialkot and was the main station from which itineration could be carried out in the surrounding district and from early on had a permanent catechist. Bhopalwala is situated approximately 10 miles north of Daska.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82409
title: Child patients and nurses, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Harrington cot.” Group portrait of nurses and two children gathered around a cot with a plaque reading, ‘Gifted by Harrington Sunday School’. A Scottish Sunday School has raised funds to pay for a bed at the Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78813
title: Camp site, Punjab, India, ca.1900

description: “Camping in India”. A large number of indigenous people are sitting in groups and in the background is a large canvas tent. A cart and oxen stand to one side. Many of the missionaries travelled either on sight seeing tours or to preach to people in far flung regions. During the summer season many would travel up into the mountains to escape the heat, this would often involve moving a large number of possessions from one place to another.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82436
title: Folding hospital linen, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Folding linen favourite job!” Group portrait of three nurses sitting on the grass folding linen, behind them sheets are spread on the ground to dry. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82321
title: Mrs Carr in the garden, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Mrs Carr in her lovely garden.” Landscape view showing a woman in a well-tended garden. The woman is Mrs Louisa Carr, wife of Ernest Carr (1868-1939) and mother of Margaret Irvine, who moved into a small cottage on the Chogoria mission after the death of her husband in 1939. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82345
title: Child patients at Chogoria Hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Chucki – bingo! Hospital.” Group portrait of infants sitting eating oranges outside the children’s ward of the Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78940
title: Murray College Staff, Sialkot, Pakistan, ca.1920

description: “Staff of Murray College. (L to R back row) 1. [Muh Abin Batt] B.A. (maths) 2. Anditto (economics) 3. [?] 4. Ref. Davla (history) 5. Deva Datta (philosophy) (L to R middle row) 6. Pandit (sanskrit) 7. Scott (anything) 8. [Arabre Maver] 9. Paterson (Eng.) 10. Garrett (Eng. Poetry) (L to R front row) 11. Parmehand [maths senior] 12. Dean M. Se. (science). Nos. 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12 are Christians.” Group portrait of several professors at Murray College in Sialkot. Some of the names of the professors are illegible or difficult to read. Murray College was first established as the Scottish Mission College in 1889 by Rev. Youngson. It was nationalised by the Pakistan Government in 1972. Some of those pictured here include Rev. Robert McCheyne Paterson, ordained 1885, and Rev. John Garrett, appointed professor in 1913.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82317
title: Evangelist preaching at an out station, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “Native minister preaching at out school.” Exterior view showing a crowd of children and adults gathered around an indigenous evangelist from the Church of Scotland mission at Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82471
title: Illustration for evangelist meeting, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1951

description: “Evangelism.” Portrait of Dr Irvine and a young man, Tim, holding up an illustration, of two men running and Kikuyu text, used at evangelical meetings throughout the district it depicts ‘Hebrews 12.1’. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82408
title: Child patients, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Harrington cot.” Group portrait of young children and a nurse gathered around a cot with a plaque reading ‘Gifted by Harrington Sunday School’. A Scottish Sunday School has raised funds to pay for a bed at the Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82365
title: Leprosy patient, Chogoria, Kenya, 1950

description: “Leprosy patients.” ‘Mwaria in January 1950 after a year’s [sulphone] treatment.’ Portrait of an indigenous man showing improved symptoms of leprosy. Chogoria had a dedicated leper’s ward, funded by the Mission to Lepers, which was situated on a spur of land called Gatheru. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82322
title: Carr memorial, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Mr Carr’s memorial in centre of compound Chogoria.” Exterior view of a large brick structure with a bench, occupied by a man reading, a clock , and a plaque, written in Kikuyu, reading, ‘This memorial has been built to the glory of God, and in memory of Ernest Carr, who greatly loved the African people and founded this Mission. He fulfilled the command ‘Whatsoever, thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.’’ ❧ The youngest son of the owner of Carr’s biscuits, Ernest Carr (1868-1939) was the father of Margaret Joyce Irvine, and had moved to Nairobi in 1920, after selling his jam factory. He financed the Chogoria mission through the early years, covering building costs and staff wages. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82363
title: Leprosy patient, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Leprosy patients.” Portrait of an indigenous man showing symptoms of leprosy. Chogoria had a dedicated leper’s ward, funded by the Mission to Lepers, which was situated on a spur of land called Gatheru. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82387
title: Dr & Mrs Wilkinson, Eastern province, Kenya, 1949

description: “A medical safari.” ‘Dr & Mrs Wilkinson at one of our three dispensaries [Mukuumi]. They are manned by a dresser with a water carrier & wood splitter.’ Portrait of a European couple standing outside a thatched hut on stilts. Dr John (Jack) Wilkinson replaced Mr Lamont as supervisor of schools and also worked in the hospital, he was based at Chogoria from 1949-1959 after which he took charge of the PCEA hospital at Kikuyu. He was known as Dr Kamwana, the boy doctor, by locals. Jean Wilkinson (nee Ewan) was the first headmistress of the African Girls' High School at Kikuyu before marrying John. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82333
title: Leper patients, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Dr Irvine & the lepers.” Exterior view of the leper ward with patients on the grass outside, Dr Irvine stands amongst them. The leper ward was built on a spur of land called Gatheru, above the Kamara valley, and was funded by the Mission to Lepers with an annual grant of £240. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82407
title: Student nurses, Chogoria, Kenya, 1949

description: “Pupil nurses.” Group portrait of student nurses and in the middle sits the matron Sister Margaret Burt who arrived at Chogoria in 1947. Nurses were trained at Chogoria but it was not until 1953 that they started sitting the Government Nursing Examination. In 1949 there were twenty male dressers and twenty four female nurses at the hospital but nursing had a high turnover of students as many women left after a few years to get married. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82454
title: Gaitungu working, Chogoria, Kenya, 1953

description: “Workshop.” ‘Ngaitungu at work on an Ox cart in the workshop.’ Gaitungu became the supervisor of the workshop, at Chogoria, in 1928, when Mr Cobb left, and worked there until he retired in 1953, he never converted to Christianity. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82330
title: First hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Original building. The Hospital.” Exterior view of the first hospital building with two wards either side of an operating theatre. By this time the building was used as a children’s ward and maternity ward. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82327
title: Rev. John Watt and class, Chogoria, Kenya, 1941

description: “Primary school pupils & teachers. 1940 [1941]. Chogoria school.” Group portrait of the head teacher, Mr Watt, and primary pupils outside the school building. Rev. John A R Watt became the supervisor of schools and headmaster of the primary school in 1941 and stayed at Chogoria until March 1946. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82400
title: Matron and nurses dispensing drugs, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Group portrait of Sister Margaret Burt, matron at Chogoria from 1947-1970, and two nurses standing behind a table full of bottles of medicines for an outdoor clinic. During the Wednesday medical safari Dr Irvine would examine patients and write a prescription which was taken to the dresser or nurse who would give the appropriate treatment. Ulcers, intestinal parasites and malaria where the three main conditions and between 200-300 patients could be seen in the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79030
title: Shrine, Jammu, India, ca.1900

description: “Shrine of the late Maharaja Ranbir Singh, father of present Maharaja and son of the famous Gulab Singh. This shrine is inside the precinct…” External view of shrine devoted to Ranbir Singh. The shrine has several tall spires and an arched entranceway. Gulab Singh was the founder and first Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Ranbir Singh extended his father’s territory during his reign.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-78821
title: Himalayan Range, Chamba, ca.1906

description: “Among the Hills, India”. Landscape view of large rocky outcrops on top of which have been built a number of cairns. The Chamba mission was established, in 1863, by William Ferguson (1821-1904) as an independent venture after the committee of the India Mission turned down his offer of work. When Ferguson retired he handed the mission over to the Church of Scotland. Dr Hutchison took over the running of the Chamba district, in 1873, and remained there until his death in 1936. Medico-evangelistic work was undertaken amongst the Himalayan slopes and the missionary parties would endure extreme conditions to spread the Christian gospels and provide medical treatments.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82399
title: Dresser examines a prescription, Eastern province, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “A medical safari.” Group portrait of patients waiting for treatment and a dresser leaning over a table to examine a prescription. During the Wednesday medical safari Dr Irvine would examine patients and write a prescription which was taken to the dresser or nurse who would give the appropriate treatment. Ulcers, intestinal parasites and malaria where the three main conditions and between 200-300 patients could be seen in the day. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82411
title: Hospital staff, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: “Chogoria staff.” Group portrait of dressers and nurses standing in a long row outside. By 1949 the staffing level at the Chogoria hospital consisted of twenty male dressers and twenty four female nurses, the senior hospital assistant was Jackson Chabari (far left) who retired in 1950 and later returned as a Dispenser. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79031
title: Sadhu Boy, Jammu, India, ca.1900

description: “Scene in Jammu showing a Sadhu boy.” View of several men surrounding boy seated on the ground. A sadhu is a mystic or ascetic Hindu monk.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82329
title: Hospital complex, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1942

description: “Male ward. Theatre & childrens ward & extention [sic] 1942. The hospital.” Exterior view of the hospital quadrangle with the older buildings on the right and the new development from 1939 on the left. In the distance can be seen the dressing shelter. This part of the hospital would later become the Nurse Training School. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82377
title: Children, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1949

description: Group portrait of two children in traditional garb. Probably out- patients at the Chogoria hospital. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82446
title: Children’s convention, Chogoria, Kenya, 1953

description: “Schools.” Exterior view of a mission building in front of which are gathered groups of girls and boys in school uniform. The gathering is for a Children’s convention of the Revival Movement which had started in Ruanda [Rwanda] and spread across East Africa. Dr Irvine supported the Revival brethren and fellowship meetings were held one or twice a month in most out-schools. ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1928-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established in 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-79089
title: Archway and Mountains, India, ca.1910

description: View of stone archway with snow covered mountains rising in the background. There is no description for this photograph, but it was most likely taken in either Himachal Pradesh or Jammu and Kashmir, India.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82336
title: Fruit sellers at the hospital, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1940

description: “Christian & non-Christian women selling bananas to the patients.” Group portrait of women and children sitting on the ground, with containers of bananas, at the mission hospital in Chogoria. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-c123-82314
title: New church, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

description: “The church Chogoria, completion.” Exterior view of the new church built and designed by Dr Irvine to replace the old mud and wattle building. The walls of the church were painted with a white distemper and the roof tiles were red. ❧ The image is from the first twenty years of the Chogoria mission in Kenya, which was run by the Rev. Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974), from the collection entitled ‘Chogoria, glimpses into the past’.