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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m197
title: View of houses in village, Andramasina, Madagascar, ca. 1872

description: "The inclination of some of the houses at Andramasina". Group in foreground of wooden houses including missionary being carried by filanjana, Malagasy palanquin.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2167
title: View of fortifications, Cape Coast, Ghana, 1926

description: "Cape Coast Castle". View of fortifications at shore with canons and canon balls.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m219
title: View of ships in the Suez canal, Egypt, ca. 1870

description: "Steamers in the Suez Canal anchored for the night". "? Ainoux phot." View of four ships on canal.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2178
title: Portrait of church leader, Ghana, 1926

description: "Cape Coast. Village church leader." Portrait of man.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m2267
title: Opening ceremony, Wesley College, Kumasi, Ghana, 3 March, 1923

description: Opening of Wesley College, Kumasi, Ashanti district, Gold Coast [now Ghana] by Sir F Gordon Guggisberg, R.E., C.M.G., Governor of the Gold Coast territories.; Morning of 3 March, 1924. Group of the Governor's staff, missionaries and West African Ministers with a guard of honour formed by the Boy Scouts. Group includes Rev C W Armstrong, College Principal and college staff members Mr. Greaves, Vice-Principal, Ivan Blow [missionary] Rev Francis Grant [African Minister]; Mr. Waterworth and Mr Enim [Kumasi district]; Mr. Acquaah and Mr E. A Sackey [Sekondi district].; 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-m205
title: Gate of Pamplemousse's Gardens, Port Louis, Mauritius, ca. 1870

description: "Gate of the Pamplemousse's Gardens near Port Louis". Male figure standing in front of wrought iron gates and gate house.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m208
title: View of Ambohimanga du Sud, Fianarantsoa,  Madagascar ca. 1870

description: "Ambòhimànga". View of village houses and hills. Indigenous group seated in foreground. Same as image 124 in Parrett album (Record 129).; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m207
title: Landscape view,  Ambatovory ,  Toliara, Madagascar ca. 1870

description: "Madagascar (Ambatavory) near Soavina where Mr Peake lives where we go sometimes for rest." Landscape view with two indigenous men seated in foreground. Same as image 20 in Parrett album (Record 24).; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2328
title: Group portrait of female church members and male catechist, Nigeria, ca. 1910

description: "Group of women members and catechist at Iseyin." Group of women in traditional robes standing in front of fence. One woman wears western style dress. Men and childre to the side and people looking over fence.; 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-m201
title: View of town and harbour, Mauritius, ca. 1870

description: "Mauritius, Mr and Mrs Irvine's church, Mariner's church, Fort George". View across rooftops to ships in harbour.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m1950
title: Portrait of elderly church member, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "?W. Thos. Morrison. Junior Circuit Steward, Manchester Circuit, Jamaica." Portrait of man wearing suit and bowler hat.; 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-m2000
title: Group portrait of young church members, Belize, ca. 1910

description: "Wesley Missionary Demonstrations - "Belize". Group portrait of young men and women in uniforms.; 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-m202
title: View of town and harbour, Mauritius, ca. 1870

description: "Mauritius, Mariner's church, Fort William, Post Office". View across rooftops to ships in harbour.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2161
title: Staff and students of Girls' High School, Accra, Ghana, 1926

description: "The Girls High School Accra" Gold Coast [now Ghana]. Staff and students arranged in formation outside school buildings.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m1965
title: Minister's house, Savannah La Mar, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Ministers residence at Sav La Mar. This is the house in which the chairman of the district was staying at the time of the great hurricane. This is the home of the Rev W and Mrs. Baillie. The photo was taken before the storm."; 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-m1966
title: Portrait of teacher and family, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "Wesleyan Day School Teacher with wife and child, ?Meansville, Jamaica." Outdoor portrait.; 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-m200
title: View of missionaries outside houses, Miantsoarivo, Madagascar, ca. 1872

description: "Where Mr and Miss Cameron Miss Sewell and HG went for their Christmas holidays Miantsoarivo. Madagascar." View  of huts on hilltop. James Cameron was an artisan missionary who began work on the Martyr Memorial churches until his death in 1875. Henry Grainge served the LMS in Madagascar from 1872 to 1882. Miss Sewell later married James Cross Thorne in 1876 and died shortly afterwards in 1877.; This album came to the LMS collection via Robert Griffith, a missionary for the LMS in Madagascar between 1899 and 1914. The photographs date from circa 1868 to 1885, and comprise photographs taken by a missionary and also commercially distributed prints purchased by the creator of the album. As well as covering people and places relating to the LMS's work in Madagascar, some photographs relate to Italy, Egypt and Mauritius, suggesting that they were taken or purchased on the journey to or from Madagascar, or on leave to Mauritius. James Cross Thorne was in Mauritius in 1883.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2727
title: Missionary's wife and son, Kambole Mission, Zambia, ca. 1925

description: "Mrs. Ross and Eric in the wheat in front of our house. 1925." One of nine mounted photographs by James Ross of the Kambole mission station. Ross served the LMS in Central Africa from 1904 to 1939. He had care of the district as well as training indigenous evangelists and preachers, superintendence of the schools and translation work. He also contributed significantly to experimental agricultural and industrial work. Maria Ross worked with the women of the district after her marriage in 1908.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2755
title: Children gathered around missionary playing the piano, Africa, ca. 1930-1940

description: Group of children seated around female missionary playing the piano. A  bible story picture is placed by the piano.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2169
title: View of Cape Coast, Ghana, 1926

description: "Cape Coast. The Boat landing."People on beach in fornt of building.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m1985
title: Group portrait of church members, Jamaica, ca. 1910

description: "?Content Meeting House in the Manchester circuit, Jamaica. With groups of Jamaican Methodists who have come out of ? on a weekday for the quarterly visitation of the class by the member for ? giving"/ Group portrait of men and women standing by porch.; 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-m2002
title: [Rev Alphonse with members of his family, Cusapin, Bosca del Toro, Panama], ca. 1930

description: "A mission house group taken at Cusapin [Bosca del Toro, Panama]". Depicts the Rev Ephraim J Alphonse, his wife Philibert Hyacinth, and some of their children outside their house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2053
title: Formal portrait of missionary, West Indies ca. 1910/1920.

description: "A few of these pictures of myself taken in "Bush Riding Suit" have just been forwarded. Looks rather bloodthirsty for a parson, eh? The Cutter, or machete is used to cut thro' the bush."; 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-m2761
title: Group portrait of deputation, Tirupputtur, India, 1906

description: Deputation with native Christians outside Mission bungalow, Tirupputtur, India. November, 1906. Deputation includes Ralph Wardlaw Thompson and Mrs Thompson, Miss Wills, William Bolton and Alfred Whitley, Rev R C Porter.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2052
title: Missionary standing at front of village church, Guyana, ca.1910/1920.

description: "Rev. Stanley E Watson in the little Basket Church at Arahaha - North West District - British Guiana." [now Guyana]. Missionary standing by lectern.; 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-m2157
title: Students exercising, Ghana, 1926

description: "The school at Abouri". Male and female students exercising outdoors. Cars in background.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m2179
title: Portrait Christian women, Ghana, 1926

description: "3 Fanti Methodist Ladies". Group portrait of three seated women.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m1900
title: Missionary feeding chickens at misison house, Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera, Bahamas, ca. 1920

description: "Farmyard - R.W.B. and his feathered pets." Mission House, Governor's Harbour, Eleuthera.; 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 dieveloped 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-m2258
title: Missionary with villagers, Sierra Leone, ca. 1914

description: "Itinerating in native villages round Bouthe, Sa. Leone Protectorate. Rev P.P. Hagley, Sup't of the Mission is seen in the photograph.". Group portrait of missionary superintendant with villagers, Sierra Leone. Published in the Foreign Filed with the caption "Proclaiming the good news in a West African village."; 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-m2734
title: Missionary's wife on mission house steps, Kambole Mission, Zambia, ca. 1925

description: "Mrs. Ross on steps of mission house." One of nine mounted photographs by James Ross of the Kambole mission station. Ross served the LMS in Central Africa from 1904 to 1939. He had care of the district as well as training indigenous evangelists and preachers, superintendence of the schools and translation work. He also contributed significantly to experimental agricultural and industrial work. Maria Ross worked with the women of the district after her marriage in 1908.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2158
title: Students reading, Ghana, 1926

description: "Prep. Girls Boarding School. Cape Coast." [now Ghana]. School girls reading for studies outdoors.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m2170
title: View of market, Sekondi, Ghana, 1926

description: "The Market, Sekondi". Gold Coast [now Ghana]. View of traders in market place.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m2150
title: View of Wesley church, Cape Coast, Ghana, 1926

description: "Wesley Church - Cape Coast". View of town showing church.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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-m2163
title: Men outside mosque, Accra, Ghana, 1926

description: "The Mosque Accra." Men standing outside mosque.; One of a set of mounted prints of West Africa by F.D. Walker, 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.