Postcards: Shoesmith & Etheridge Ltd – Type I

Church of Sweden Mnene Mission   The Church of Sweden Mission (CSM) made its first foray into Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1903 with two pioneering families traveling up from South Africa – Rev. Axel and Mrs. Siri Liljestrand and Rev. and Mrs. Hellden.  Unfortunately, Mrs. Hellden died from malaria that November.  Mrs. Liljestrand also suffered…