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Title
The assistant Alinuvila in front of a house, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1937
Creator
Schnabel, Ernst Hermann, 1904-1953
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-01/1937-02
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
"Wohnhaus eines Gerichtsbeamten. Davor der Helfer Alinuvila." ("Dwelling of an official of the court. In front of it: the [mission] assistant Alinuvila.") The thatched building is partly recognizable. On the right: Alinuvila is standing in a soldierly manner with a rifle. He is wearing a mixture of traditional and European clothes including a hat.
Ernst Hermann Schnabel (1904-1953) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine and served in East Africa until the end of the 1930s. In 1934, he married Käthe Prellwitz in Kyimbila.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic print, 9 x 6.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11590 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10650
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11590
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10650.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Courts
Portraits
Time Period
1937-01/1937-02
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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