"Mittagsrast am Zusammenfluss von Sambesi u. Shire. Stehend Schw. Meyer. Die anderen Missionare der Universitätenmission. 1894. 2 Reiseboote." ("Mid-day rest at the confluence of Zambezi and Shire. Sis[ter] Meyer standing. The other missionaries of the University-Mission. 1894. 2 boats."). Imprinted on the image: "Am unteren Shire. Ost-Afrika. No. 465." ("At the lower Shire. East Africa. no. 465."). Included from the box of duplicates. -- Photo is yellowed. -- The Shire (or Chire) joins the Zambezi just 100 miles (160 km) from the coast. It originates from Lake Malawi. -- Lydia Maria Meyer (1865 in South Africa -- 1907), née Kunick, was a teacher and a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine having gotten married to Theodor Meyer (1864-1933) in 1893. Until her death she served in Nyasa, East Africa.
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image
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negative no. 6823, colored slides 465/5 and 465/6 photographic print, 14.8 x 9.8 cm. photographs
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