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Title
Cape Town and Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa, 1894
Creator
Marx, L
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
"Kapstadt mit Tafelberg. (L. Marx 1894.)." ("Cape Town with Table Mountain. ([Brother] L. Marx 1894."). In the foreground a kind of palm tree and two bushes, probably a graveyard surrounded by a stone wall. Behind in the center the view on Cape Town. In the background Table Mountain. Imprinted on the image: "Capstadt m/. Tafelberg. No. 399." ("Cape Town w[ith] Table Mountain. No. 399.").
Cf. photos no. 400, 498 and 517. -- Photo no. 400, 517 and especially no. 498 show a very similar view. -- Photography taken by Brother L. Marx in 1894.
Type
image
Format
black-and-white and colored slide no. 399
photographic prints, 14.3 x 9.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11072 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00399
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11072
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00399.jpg
Subject
Landscape
Mountains
Human settlements
Buildings
Topographical views
Time Period
1894
Place
Africa
Cape Town
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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