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Photographs taken in 1927 follwing the arrival of Alexander and Doris Sandilands at their mission station in Maun, Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Dates and numbers written on the reverse of the photographs by Ian Sandilands relate them to incidents in Alexander Sandilands' 1927 correspondence (see MS380813/2/1): "Women's Working Party" [group seated outside hut, some apparently thatching]; "My work bench; a corner of the bucksail over the stores etc" [exterior, Maun mission compound]; "Brick yard" [Maun mission compound]; "The post runners - this is how all the post comes to Maun from Livingstone" [native letter carriers]; "Looking East over the river. This shows the place where I do all my work"; "Kitchen" [exterior, Maun mission compound]; "The Leisure Hour" [exterior, Maun mission compound, Doris Sandilands seated]; "Midroom" [interior, Maun mission compound]; "The reedy shallows of the river. Setting a net" [native fishing]; "From the top of an ant heap near the river. Garden under construction. Huts beyond" [view of Maun mission]; "Approaching our house on the way home from Maun, or from Church" [view of Maun mission compound]; "Doris [Sandilands] feeding the chickens"; "A view of the garden"; "The River at Menakwena"; "Wedding Group" [native Christian wedding - 2 photos]; "Girls Stamping" [women pounding grain outside hut]; "Deacons and evangelists at the house, Christmas time" [exterior, Maun mission compound, native group seated]; "Rev. Tumedisho Maruapula"; "Mrs T. Maruapula".
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