Banner in photo – VAL TRIGGE MISSION
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Mary Helena Pickering, nee Lena Carlson, born 1897”
Penciled on back: “Century Hall”
A Methodist Church group at the Century Hall in Levin. This photograph taken between August 26 and September 5, 1917, during a mission conducted by the Rev. Val Trigge. Almost all those in the photograph are wearing sprays of flowers in their lapels, and a banner draped across the front of the building proclaims the “Val Trigge Mission”. The wooden building behind the group has a fixed sign which is headed “Methodist Church” to the left of the entrance. The Century Hall was built by the Methodist Church in 1901 and was used for services when the church built in 1895 became too small for the congregation. Later the hall was used for the church’s social activities and Sunday School.
1 B&W photo print, mounted
Excerpt from Chronicle newspaper, Saturday, 13 October 1917 - Rev. Val Trigge Revisits Levin A large gathering of people assembled in the Century Hall on Thursday night to meet the Rev. Val Trigge…....express our gratitude to God for the rich blessings received during the mission conducted by you in the Levin Methodist Church from August 26th to September 5th, 1917…..
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