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Title
Part of the mission premises, Genadendal, 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
"Die Westseite der Werf in Gnadenthal." ("The west side of the mission premises in Genadendal."). The picture shows part of the mission station in Genadendal. There is a street with three houses on its right. Eight people are standing in front of the first house: two African women, two European women with two children and one European man with a child. A European man and three European children are sitting on a bench. A dog is standing in front of the bench. Imprinted on the image: "2189".
The word "Werf" is a term taken from Afrikaans meaning "premises" or "yard". -- The picture is worn out on its upper and lower margin.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 2189
photographic prints, 11.1. x 8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11563 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-02189
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11563
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-02189.jpg
Subject
Dwellings
Indigenous populations
Houses
Roads
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Genadendal
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 2
impa-m76

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