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Title
4. Tabakpflanzung Esosung
4. Tobacco plantation in Esosung
Creator
Basler Mission Trading Company, Duala, Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
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
Annotation translation: "Until recently this plantation only produced tobacco for natives. Now conoisseurs have acknowledged [that this tobacco] is valuable and can compete with the best in the world. This achievement is of great value for the development of the colony." - "Vollbehr Art Postcards, Cameroon."
Annotation: "Bis vor kurzem lieferte die Pflanzung nur Tabak für Eingeborene. Jetzt ist er von Kennern als wertvoll anerkannt und konkurriert mit den besten Sorten der Welt. Diese Errungenschaft ist für die Entwicklung der Kolonie von grossem Wert." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'."
Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr.
Note translation: The original was a water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr.
Type
image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD)
postcard, 8.7 x 13.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m39791 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-25120
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m39791
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-25120.jpg
Subject
Landscape
Mountain
Painting
Plantation
Tobacco
Time Period
1912
Place
Essossong
Source
QE-30.017.0018 [Reference number]

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