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Title
9. Europeans taking a rest in the middle of the forest
9. Rastende Europäer in einer Urwaldschlucht
Creator
Basler Mission Trading Company, Duala, Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
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
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Annotation translation: "Travelling in Cameroon is marvellous - but also often quite difficult, since the comforts needed by European have to be brought along by carrier. It is always a great joy when one meets other Europeans and can speak German to one another". "Vollbehr art postcards 'Cameroon'. " "Sales exclusively from the Basel Mission Bookshop, Duala, Cameroon."
Annotation: "Das Reisen in Kamerun ist herrlich aber oft recht beschwerlich, da man alle Bequemlichkeiten, die ein Europäer bedarf, durch Träger mitführen muss. Es ist stets eine grosse Freude, wenn sich Europäer treffen und man in deutscher Sprache sich unterhalten kann." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'." - "Alleinvertrieb: Basler Missionshandlung, Duala (Kamerun)."
Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr. - Von Prof. T. A. Freyvogel, Tropeninstitut Basel erhalten.
Note translation: "Original: water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr".
Type
image
Format
print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD)
postcard, 8.8 x 13.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-m42803 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-25197
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m42803
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-25197.jpg
Subject
Cigarette
Cup
Fireplace
Firewood
Folding chair
Forest
Forest scene
Hat
Helmet
Liana
On road
Painting
Rest
Table
Tablecloth
Uniform
Time Period
1912
Place
Cameroon
Source
QQ-30.027.0069 [Reference number]
Relation
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
QQ-30.027: untitled
impa-m15099; impa-m17566
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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