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Title
Group of leprous women, Robben Island, South Africa
Creator
Unknown
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
"Aussätzige Frauen in Robben Island." ("Leprous women on Robben Island."). Nine African women in front of a house. Six are dressed in white, the others are wearing darker clothes. All are wearing headscarfs. Three of them are seated in a row in front of the others.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 11.9 x 8.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11753 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-02341
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11753
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-02341.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Women
Patients
Leprosy
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Robben Island
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 2
impa-m76

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