IDNO

LS.138366.HBK

Description

On Lantern Box listing: "Lantern Lecture.
White and Black in Rhodesia.
Pioneer of two causes Mining Camp - Mashona.
Slide No. 7. Watch Comm. Pilots keepers. Character sketches."

Place

S Africa; Zimbabwe; Midlands Province; Shurugwi [Rhodesia; Selukwe]

Cultural Affliation

Mashona

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Baker, Herbert (Rev.)

Date

circa 1902 - 1910

Collection Name

Herbert Baker Collection

Source

?Baker, Herbert (Rev.)

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.138358.HBK - LS.138417.HBK were found unaccessioned in the Photo Store in a wooden slide box now numbered C885/.

LS.138355.HBK - LS.138374.HBK were located in a cardboard box, now numbered C885/1.

Publication: Baker, Herbert J., 1913. 'Children of Rhodesia' (Epworth Press: London) 137 pages, 4 plates. "An account of Rhodesia based on the experience of Christian educationalist missionaries. (Pre-WW1?). Not only mentions history (eg city of Zimbabwe, Biblical gold mines) but contemporary problems (church moved because of gold workings, continuing problems of belief in witchcraft), and reliance on women's field labour." [JD 6/12/2017]