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Title
Car breakdown, Ethiopia, 1952
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-05/1952-06
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
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
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Description
"Panne
Die Wagen waren steckengeblieben." ("Breakdown
the cars have been stuck.") Photograph of two trucks stuck in a muddy road. Between the trucks a small group of people is gathered around camp fire.
Separate note reading: "Mit mehreren Wagen waren wir steckengeblieben. Zum Schutz gegen wilde Tiere hatten wir ein Feuer unterhalten, das nun zum Kaffeekochen benutzt wird. Es soll weiter gehen, wenn der Weg abgetrocknet ist" ("With several trucks we were stuck. As a protection against wild animals we had tended a fire, that is now used for coffee cooking. We shall move on when the road has dried").
Photograph taken during the transport of baggage of the Hornbostel family to Ayra.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
10 x 7 cm.
photographs
photographic prints
Identifier
IMP-ELM-AE-879.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-85206
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-879.jpg
Subject
Motor vehicles
Roads
Transport
Trucks
Transportation
General views
Time Period
1952-05/1952-06
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Source
ELM/AE/Fotos - 879 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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