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Title
Street Scene, Idol worship
Street scene, worship of a deity
Creator
Klein & Peyerl, Madras, India
Date Created and/or Issued
1903-11-12/1914-07-31
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 the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Klein & Peyerl, Madras
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: "My dear parents, Wilhelm looked for a postcard today which shows a ....[reading uncertain] but could not find one. He will try and draw one soon. In the meantime I send you this card. Don't be afraid of the snakes, dear Mama, they are dead.! With loving greetings, Maria!"
Annotation: "Liebe Eltern! Wilhelm hat heute 1 Ansichtskarte gesucht, auf der eine ... [Entzifferung unklar] ist, hat aber keine gefunden. Er will auch bald mal eine zeichnen. So schicke ich Euch diese Karte. Darfst aber keine Angst haben vor den Schlangen l. Mama, sie sind nicht lebendig. Ich s. Liebe Grüsse Maria!"
Type
image
Format
print, collotype (FD)
postcard, 9.0 x 14.0 cm.
Identifier
impa-m35615 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-15916
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m35615
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-15916.jpg
Subject
Deity, representation of
Hinduism
Man
Snake, representation of
Stone
Street scene
Worship
Time Period
1903-11-12/1914-07-31
Place
Madras
Source
QC-30.047.0025 [Reference number]
Relation
Album
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17420
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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