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Title
School in Lansdowne, Cape Town, South Africa, 1934
Creator
Theile, P
Date Created and/or Issued
1934
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
"Lansdowne: Lehrer, Kinder and Gebäude. Links Br. Joorst." ("Lansdowne: Teacher, children and building. Left Br[other] Joorst."). The picture shows a large group of a few teachers and many children of mainly African, Asian and mixed origin. The children sit or stand in front of a white building. A young man of mixed origin who wears a dark colored suit and a white shirt stands on the left side of the group, Brother Joorst. On the far left parts of another building. On the right side of the group stands a teacher in a dark suit. Next to him in the background on the right a dark colored car and trees. Written on the card board: 14.2.34. P. Theile."
Cf. photo no. 9635, no. 9636 and no. 9684. -- Photo no. 9635 and no. 9636 show Rudolph Joorst. Photo no. 9684 shows how the chuldren get positioned to take the picture. -- Rudolph Joorst worked as teacher and missionary in Moravian Hope from 1938 to 1947 and in Moutonsvallei from 1947 to 1954.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 11.1 x 6.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12486 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-09637
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12486
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-09637.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Schoolchildren
Schools
Indigenous populations
Group portraits
Time Period
1934
Place
Africa
Cape Town
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 2
impa-m76

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