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Title
Interior of the Moravian Chapel, Cape Town, South Africa
Creator
Unknown
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
"Inneres der Kirche in Moravianhill in Kapstadt." ("Interior of the church in Moravian Hill in Cape Town."). The picture shows the altar being decorated with plants on both sides. Opposite the altar stand a couple of chairs, behind them in the foreground four rows of a couple of wooden benches. Tree candelabras hanging from the ceiling. Written in old letters above the altar: "Halelujah! Looft God in zyn heiligdom." (Hallelujah! Praise God in His Holiness." Imprinted on the image: "[N240] Moravian Hill. Kapstadt." ("[N240]. Moravian Hill. Cape Town.").
Photography faded. -- Moravian Hill was a congregation in District Six, now called Zonnebloem.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 14.9 x 9.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11057 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00240
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11057
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00240.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Houses
Churches
Interior views
Place
Africa
Moravian Hill
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 1
impa-m76

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