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Title: Grab des Miss. G. Schmitt in Kamerun
Grave of Rev. G. Schmitt in Cameroon
Date Created and/or Issued: 1890/1897
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description: Annotation translation: "Bonaku? (BV 1204) Died 11. November 1890 in Mangamba."
Annotation: "Bonaku ? (BV. 1204) gest. 11.11.1890 i. Mangamba."
Note: Grabinschrift: "Georg Schmitt, geb. 10.Febr. 1839, gest. 11.Nov. 1890
Christus ist mein Leben, Sterben mein Gewinn."
Note translation: "Inscription on grave: George Schmitt, b. 10.Feb.1839, d. 11.11.1890
Christ is my life, death my gain".
Type: image
Format: b/w positive, paper print, collodion
11.1 x 16.5 cm.
Identifier: impa-m27801 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-4439
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m27801
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-4439.jpg
Subject: Schmitt, Georg (Mr)
Cemetery view
Fence
Forest
Grave
Gravestone
Missionary m
Time Period: 1890/1897
Place: Bonaku
Mangamba
Source: E-30.03.023 [Reference number]
Relation: Cameroon, Duala, Bonaku, main mission station. 3.a. Mission station without the church, b. Bonaku mission station with the church, c. Bonaku Churchyard, d. Bonaku missionaries and children
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17344
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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