A.G.V on safari, Congo, ca. 1925-1935

Tinted lantern slide showing a female missionary of the Congo Balolo Mission standing behind her bicycle wearing a pith helmet, white dress and sandals on a Congo road. The missionary is Miss A.G Vinall, who sailed for the Congo in 1923 and was based at Bongandanga. She is surrounded by Congolese male porters, who carry various items for her, including a large umbrella. 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.