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Title
Workers carrying straw, Ayra, Ethiopia, ca.1951-1952
Date Created and/or Issued
1951-08/1952
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.
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Description
"Arbeiter beim Strohtragen, Deresa wiegt die Bündel" ("Workers carrying straw, Dheeressa weighs the bundles"). Photograph of large bundles of straw lying on the ground. A group of Ethiopian men is walking through the bundles. One is carrying a bundle on the head.
Separate note reading: "Der ganze Platz vor unserm Haus füllt sich mit Grasbündel[n]. = 900 stehen da schon" ("The whole area in front of our house is filled with grass bundles. = 900 are already there").
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
10.5 x 7.5 cm.
photographs
photographic prints
Identifier
IMP-ELM-AE-910.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-85237
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-910.jpg
Subject
Men
Employees
Building materials
Workers
General views
Time Period
1951-08/1952
Place
Africa
Ayra
Ethiopia
Source
ELM/AE/Fotos - 910 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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