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Title
Der Croupee-Baum
The croupee tree
Creator
Locher, Christoph Wilhelm (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1861/1880
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: "The fruits contain much oil which has medicinal uses and can be used for soap."
Annotation: "Die Früchte enthalten viel Öl, das medizinisch u. zu Seife verwendet wird."
Identity of photographer questionable.
Note translation: The German spelling of the tree perhaps indicates that it was pronounced "croopay". It has not, so far as I know, been identified. (PJ 07.1998).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, albumen
corners cut bevelled, 9.8 x 13.6 cm.
Identifier
impa-m36946 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-17671
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m36946
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-17671.jpg
Subject
Botanical view
Care of the body
Fruit
Medicine
Tree
Vegetable oil
Time Period
1861/1880
Place
Ghana
Source
QD-30.011.0001 [Reference number]
Relation
Pictures from the Mission
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17447
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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