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Title
Donkey carriage with brushwood, Elim, South Africa, 1894
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1894
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
"Elim. Ein Eselswagen mit Reisig." ("Elim. A donkey carriage with brushwood."). The picture shows a four-wheeled carriage loaded with brushwood. In front of it ten donkeys in two rows. A couple of men, women and children stand next to the donkeys. Two men standing on the carriage. The people are probably of African, Euopean and Indian origin. Behind the carriage a house with a thatched roof and trees in front of it. On the left another house with a thatched roof. Imprinted on the image: "Elim. Süd-Afrika. West. No. 403." ("Elim. South Africa. West No. 403.").
Photography probably taken by Brother L. Marx in 1894.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 14.5 x 9.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11076 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00403
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11076
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00403.jpg
Subject
Houses
Buildings
Indigenous populations
Domestic animals
General views
Time Period
1894
Place
Africa
Elim
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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