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Title
Cathedral in Dodoma, Tanzania, 1938
Creator
Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-09
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
"Die Kathedrale in Dodoma." ("The cathedral in Dodoma."). A polygonal building with a cupola. The architectural style resembles a mosque. Africans are passing by. On the right: the loading space of a truck is recognizable.
Cf. photo no. 11222: interior view. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and after having served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi until 1929 and in Utengule until 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 11.6 x 8.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11808 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11221
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11808
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11221.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Church
Exterior views
Time Period
1938-09
Place
Africa
Dodoma
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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