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Title
Laying the foundations in Lusubilo, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1935
Creator
Waldner, Ernst, 1898-?
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
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
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de
Moravian Archives
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Lusubilo 1935. Mauern der Fundamente." ("Lusubilo in 1935. Walls of the foundations."). Six African workers are building a foundation, using bricks. The walls have already reached a height of about 1 meter. In the background a forest.
Ernst Waldner (1898-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in East Africa. He married Julie Friederike Ebinger.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic print, 8.8 x 6.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11479 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-4-10511
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11479
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-4-10511.jpg
Subject
Workers
Housing construction
General views
Time Period
1935
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 4
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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