Keywords: Boma, Congo, ca. 1900-1915 (IMP-CSCNWW33-OS11-74).jpg Boma taken by the shore of the Congo River Present day Kinshasa region Democratic Republic of the Congo A large single storey building can be seen in the distance with several smaller huts lying in front of it Boma was the capital of the colonial Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo from 1886 to 1926 ” it was founded as a slaving station by European merchants in the late sixteenth century The port handled exports such as cacao bananas rubber and palm products This slide comes from a collection generated by missionaries working for the Congo Balolo Mission a mission begun in 1889 under the supervision of the East London Training Institute for Home and Foreign Missions that developed into the interdenominational evangelical mission Regions Beyond Missionary Union after 1900 Photographer Unknown Filename IMP-CSCNWW33-OS11-74 tif Coverage date 1900/1915 Subject unesco Harbours Part of collection International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Part of subcollection Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity University of Edinburgh U K ca 1900-ca 1940s Subject corporate name Congo Balolo Mission Repository name Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file Volume2/IMP-CSCNWW33-OS11-74 tif Geographic subject city or populated place Boma Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country Congo Format aacr2 lantern slides 8 2 x 8 2cm Geographic subject continent Africa Rights Contact the repository for details Part of series Regions Beyond Missionary Union Congo People and Places CSCNWW33/OS11 Repository email divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Date created 1900/1915 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre topographical views Format aat lantern slides; photographs Geographic subject state Bas-Congo Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources Geographic subject populated places File CSCNWW33/OS11/74 Subject lcsh Exports 1900/1915 date created author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/78123 PD-old-70-1923 Boma Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Balolo Mission River Belgian Congo History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1900s Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 |