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Title
Synagogue in front of the Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa, ca.1936-1937
Creator
Schaberg, Willibald Paul, 1900-?
Date Created and/or Issued
1936/1937
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. Tafelberg. Synagoge." ("Cape Town. Table Mountain. Synagogue."). Cape Town inhabitants are sitting on benches in the foreground. There are street lights and small trees. The synagogue is a tall white building with two towers. Next two it several other buildings. The Table Mountain in the background.
This picture was taken by Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?). He worked as a missionary in South Africa West, mostly in Elim. He married Elfriede Henriette Johanna Nigrin (born 1898) in Herrnhut near Dresden, Germany, in 1929. It is not known when and where he stopped working and died.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 5.8 x 4.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13274 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12455
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13274
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12455.jpg
Subject
Religious buildings
Landscape
Mountains
Topographical views
Time Period
1936/1937
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 3
impa-m76

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