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Title
Holzsäger
Sawyers
Creator
Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1888/1895
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
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Format information questionable.
Note: Als Nr. 21 publiziert im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. (RI). - Bildlegende im Album: "Unsere Holzsäger. - Da wir keine Strassen besitzen, können die Baumstämme nicht zur Säge gebracht werden, sondern die Säge muss zu den Bäumen gehen. Der Odumbaum (eine Art Eiche) wird gefällt und in 12 Fuss lange Klötze gesägt, die dann mit viel Mühe und Geschrei auf die Grube gebracht werden. Hierauf stellt sich ein Mann auf den Stamm, ein anderer in die Grube und auf diese Weise wird vermittelst der langen Säge der Stamm in Bretter und Balken geschnitten." - Cf. D-30.22.048 ähnliches Bild. (PST).
Note translation: Published as no 21 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. (RI). - Original caption: "Our sawyers. - Since there are no roads the tree trunks cannot be brought to the saw. Instead the saw must be brought to the trees. The Odum-tree (a kind of oak) is felled and sawed into 12 foot long blocks which are carried to the pit with much difficulty and a lot of commotion. Then one of the men stands on the trunk while the other stands in the pit. This way the trunk can be cut into planks and beams with a long saw." - The French version of the album starts its commentary with the text "Pour nos constructions nous devons, vu les termites, employer le bois le plus dur. C'est l'arbre d'Odoum ou chêne africain, dont nous nous servons ... " (PJ 07.1998). - Cf. D-30.22.048 similar photo. (PST).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, collodion
12.1 x 16.0 cm.
Identifier
impa-m25727 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-6416
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m25727
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-6416.jpg
Subject
Banana tree
Forest
Pit
Saw
Sawyer m
Timber
Tree felling
Time Period
1888/1895
Place
Ghana
Source
D-30.17.025 [Reference number]
QD-30.041.0079; QD-30.042.0022; QD-30.043.0022; QD-32.024.0021 [Same image reference number]

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