"Georg Schmidts Birnbaum in Gnadenthal." ("Georg Schmidt's pear tree in Genadendal."). The picture shows a couple of high trees. In the middle a high tree which seems to stand in the center of two ways crossing each other. Two girls of European origin stand in front of it. On the left and the right two wooden benches. On the left sits a woman of European origin. Grass in the background next to the ways. Imprinted on the image: "1706." Cf. photo no. 7082. -- The pear tree was planted by the first missionary, Georg Schmidt, at Genadendal about 1739.
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2 copies, colored slide no. 1706 photographic prints, 7.6 x 10.1 cm. photographs
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