„Apfelsinenverkäufer an der Bahn“ („Orange sellers near the train“). Eight people next to a fence. Two of them (apparently women) are sitting, the others are standing. The one on the right side is holding a bucket. Two women further left are holding bowls filled with several things in their hands. One man standing in front of the fence in the forefront, smiling, wearing a suit and a cap, holding an object in his hands. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
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