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Title
Trade near a waiting train, Ethiopia, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
1928-05-01
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
Trade at the tracks: Ethiopian women are seated on the ground offering their goods in covered baskets. To the left and to the right market-women with braided hair.
The picture was taken on Hermann Elber's and Ernst Greb's journey to Ethiopia. -- Hermann Elbers (1906-1944) was a carpenter and served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1935. He married Martha Böttcher in 1933. -- Ernst Greb (1904-1965?) was a carpenter. He served the Hermannsburg mission as lay brother in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1931.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 10.7 x 8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m59458 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-098.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59458
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-098.jpg
Subject
General views
Trade
Markets
Women
Time Period
1928-05-01
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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