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Title
Getting Christmas presents in Mvenyane, South Africa East, probably 1930
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
„Heidnische Kaffern holen sich in Mvenyane zu Weihnachten Geschenke“ („Heathen Kaffirs getting Christmas presents in Mvenyane“). People are going to a European building, getting Christmas presents. Three Europeans standing on the balcony and distributing them.
Samuel Baudert (1879-1956), born as son of the missionary Samuel Baudert in South Africa, was mission director of the Moravian Brethren from 1924 to 1927 and since 1929 their bishop.
c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-2-07048.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
6.1 x 10.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m57223 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-2-07038
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57223
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-2-07038.jpg
Subject
Religious activities
South Africa
General views
Place
Africa
Mvenyane
South Africa
Unknown
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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