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Title: "Street in Abokobi on the Gold Coast with the mission house
Strasse in Abokobi a. d. Goldküste. Missionshaus
Creator: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870/1881-10-31
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: "Churchyard in the back. - in the background old ".
Annotation: "Kirchhof hinten. - ... im Hintergrund ... altes ...".
Note: Laut Bleistift-Anmerkung auf dem Karton handelt es sich bei dem Bild um einen Abzug vom Ramseyer-Negativ Nr. 3. (T. Garrard.) - Cf. D-30.05.010. (RI) - Bereits im Oktober 1881 (im HB) publiziertes Bild, das auf Grund der betreffenden Photographie entstanden sein könnte. Ramseyer besass jedoch erst seit 1888 eine Kamera. - Aufnahme publiziert als Nr. 5 im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. - Bildlegende im Album: "Station Abokobi, 4 1/2 Stunde von der Küste entfernt."
Note translation: Ramseyer neg no 3. (TG). - Cf. D-30.05.010. (RI). - Published as no 5 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. (RI). - Caption in the album: "Mission Station, Abokobi, 4 1/2 hours from the coast." (RI). - According to TG the photo was already published in October 1881 in 'Heidenbote' though Ramseyer only took a camera with him in 1888. (RI). The French version of this Album entitles the picture "Station d'Abokobi à quatre lieues et demie de la côte."
Type: image
Format: b/w positive, paper print, albumen
11.0 x 16.7 cm.
Identifier: impa-m25066 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-6241
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m25066
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-6241.jpg
Subject: Garden
Goat
Mission house
Mission school
Street
Wall
Place: 1870/1881-10-31
Abokobi
Source: D-30.05.005 [Reference number]
QD-30.001.0010; QD-30.006.0005; QD-30.014.0010; QD-30.042.0005; QD-30.043.0005; QD-32.024.0003; QD-32.024.0315 [Same image reference number]
Relation: Gold Coast. Ga region. Abokobi. 5.1. Mission station with church and churchyard, b. Missionaries, c. Schools and pupils, d. Medical mission, e. Remainder category and outstations
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17072
impa-m36685; impa-m36909; impa-m37353; impa-m38302; impa-m38410; impa-m52865; impa-m53177
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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