Crop harvest, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1930

Exterior view of several indigenous people, with large bunches of bananas, waiting outside a storage building which has a hook weighing scale at the door. Dr Irvine attempted to cultivate a number of crops in his own garden and was keen to develop cash crops, suitable for the region, which would bring some prosperity to the local population. ❧ Image from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the early years of the Chogoria mission, established near Mt Kenya in 1922 and run by Dr Irvine, ministering to the Chuka and Mwimbi peoples.