Author:

London Missionary Society  Search this

London Stereoscopic Company  Search this

Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this

Subject:

Livingstone, David 1813-1873  Search this

Physical description:

40 slides : colored ; 9 x 9 cm, in box 26 x 9 x 11 cm

Type:

Graphics

Portraits

Pictorial works

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Date:

1900

[approximately 1900]

Notes:

Title and publication information taken from the description of what appears to be a set of the same slides on the National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) website. DSI

The Cullman Library set is incomplete (39 slides), without any accompanying original text or labels. DSI

Summary:

Commercially-produced set of forty numbered glass lantern slides highlighting scenes from David Livingstone's life and travels, chiefly focusing on his adventures in Africa as a missionary.

Topic:

Missionaries  Search this

Explorers  Search this

Call number:

MSS 001824 B

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1033597