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Title
Outdoor worship, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca.1937
Creator
Küchler, Kurt, 1908-?
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1937
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
"Gottesdienst in einem Dorf in Inamwanga." ("Worship in a village in Inamwanga."). On the left: a hut. In front of it: a missionary worshipping. His white hat is lying behind him on a chair. A group of Africans are sitting on the ground around the missionary. Some of them are sitting on mats. In the background: a forest.
One copy is missing. -- Kurt Küchler (1908-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Kyimbila from 1936 to 1939. In 1938 he married Marianne Geisler.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 10994
photographic print, 13.8 x 8.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11790 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10994
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11790
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10994.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Group portraits
Time Period
circa 1937
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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