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Title
Women at Heinz Rhode's grave, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia, 1938
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
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Description
Two women are standing in front of a grave that is enclosed by stones and pallisades. On the cross of the grave is visible the inscription: "Hier ruht in Gott Heinz Rhode, *2.11.1912, +27.4.1938" ("Here rests in God Heinz Rhode, *11-02-1912, +04-27-1938"). One woman is holding a box, the other a stick.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 5.9 x 8.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m59692 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-550.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59692
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-550.jpg
Subject
General views
Religious practice
Death
Customs and traditions
Place
Africa
Debre Birhan
Ethiopia
not before 1938-04
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833
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