"Missions-Station Goedverwacht." ("Mission station Goedverwacht."). The picture shows five houses and a kind of small barn probably used for the cattle. To the right a two-storied house, the upper story being an attic story. The house has a u-shaped pitched roof made of tin and a canopy on the front side. The house is surrounded by a wall. In front of it a two-wheeled carriage. On the center right two smaller houses with thatched roofs. On the left a two-storied house probably with a tin roof. On the left of this building a mill-wheel. The building is probably a mill. On the far left another house with a thatched roof. In the foreground a row of bushes and trees to the left. In the center in front of the bushes two girls of African origin. Imprinted on the image (the number was retouched with pensil): "Miss. Stat. Goedverwacht. Südafrika-West. No. 512." ("Miss[ion] Stat[ion]Goedverwacht. South Africa West. No. 512."). Cf. photo no. 408, no. 521, no. 522, no. 523 and no. 524. -- Photo no. 408 gives a close-up view of the house with the u-shaped pitched roof made of tin, the residential building of the station. Photo no. 521 shows the station from different perspective. Photos no. 522 and no. 523 show the station with the new church and no. 524 gives a close-up view of the church building.
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negative no. 520 photographic prints, 14.5 x 9.1 cm. photographs
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