1248541
- TitleLantern slides including views of Papua New Guinea and Tanganyika, Africa, ca. 1920-1955 / mostly by T. W. Cameron, slide specialist.
- Call numberON 581
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1920-1955 - Type of material
- Reference code1248541
- Physical Description161 slides - lantern - 8 x 8 cm.
- Scope and ContentComprises lantern slides of including villages, people, missionaries, and views of Papua New Guinea and Tanganyika [Tanzania], Africa, ca. 1920-1940. Slides were probably prepared for Australian Board of Missions.
BOX 1 [83 black & white lantern slides]
Portraits
Portraits of Priests
Dodoma, Africa
Tanganyika, Africa, ca. 1930s
Girls' school
High school
Monument where [Sir Henry Morton] Stanley and [David] Livingstone met Ujiji, Tanganyika
House where [Sir Henry Morton] Stanley and [David] Livingstone lived Tabora, Tanganyika, 1933
Mosque in Tanganyika
Ordination images
Wandering Masai
Masai hut
Dress for circumcision rights
Long horned cattle of the Bukobo District, Tanganyika, 1934
English speaking African, Tanganyika, 1934
Wagogo
Church interior
BOX 2 [78 coloured lantern slides]
Papua New Guinea soldiers and Papuan
Maps
Hymns
Religious imagery
ABM promotion
Portrait of Florence Buchanan - Torres Strait (slide number CD41)
Tanganyikans
Costumes, Spear shield, Molo (slide number 21)
Lepers
Fiji
Bishop of New Guinea Montagu John Stone-Wigg, Papua New Guinea, 1898-1908 (slide number 18)
Church in Papua New Guinea
Church interior
Dogura House, Papua New Guinea (slide number c.p. 21)
Dogura Cathedral [opened 1939] (slide number 17)
Papua New Guinea landscape and village scenes
Slade Island, Papua New Guinea
Portraits - Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Copying ConditionsCopyright restrictions may apply: Some slides are dated 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - Description source
Some slides are titled on the mount.
Slides prepared by T. W. Cameron labelled 'T. W. Cameron, Slide Specialist, 430 Bourke St., Melb. Phone 6877' - Signatures / Inscriptions
One of the original boxes housing slides has address label attached inscribed 'From A.B.M. Australian Board of Missions Victoria. To The Revn. B.B. Lousada, The Vicarage LOCH' - Date note
Dated from collection - Conservation note
Some lantern slides are cracked. - Creator/Author/Artist
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