School playing fields, Chogoria, Kenya, ca.1951

“The playground, evening games.” Landscape view of the school playing fields with girl pupils playing games, the church can be seen through the trees. The Chogoria girls' school saw an increase in the number of girl boarders in the early 1950’s ❧ The image is from the collection of Dr Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) showing the period from 1947-1961 at the Chogoria mission which was established near Mt Kenya, in 1922, and run by Dr Irvine.