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Title
Brother Balie and some of his children, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934
Creator
Theile, P
Date Created and/or Issued
1934-01-22
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
"Woodlands: Br. Balie mit den meisten seiner Kinder vor seinem Haus. Die Kinder sind sonntäglich gekleidet und gekämmt." ("Woodlands: Br[other] Balie with most of his children in front of his house. The children are dominically dressed and combed."). The picture shows a group of six girls, two boys and a man. The girls wear white dresses. The boys wear short, light colored trousers. The man is dressed in a light colored suit. The group stands in front of a house wall. On the left and right are open doors. The bottom part of the door on the left is closed. Written on the card board: "22.1.34. P. Theile."
Woodlands is an outstation of Clarkson in the west. -- The picture probably shows Michael Zacheus Balie (1878, Genadendal - 1964 , Genadendal) who was a teacher and worked in the mission service in Wittewater from 1924 to 1933 and in Pella from 1933 to 1937.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 11.2 x 6.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12612 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-09688
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12612
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-09688.jpg
Subject
Indigenous populations
Clergy
Children
Family
Group portraits
Time Period
1934-01-22
Place
Africa
Clarkson
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 3
impa-m76

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