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Title
Tiling the church roof, Elim, South Africa
Creator
Unknown
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
"Elim. Die Kirche wird gedeckt." ("Elim. The church is being tiled."). About 15 workers are tiling the roof of the church in Elim. They are Africans and Europeans. Some of them are standing on a wooden scaffold, others are standing on the ground in between bundles of thatch. A house and hills in the background to the left. Imprinted on the image: "2604".
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 10.2 x 7.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11823 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-02607
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11823
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-02607.jpg
Subject
Building materials
Religious buildings
Construction engineering
Workers
Conversation pieces
Place
Africa
Elim
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 2
impa-m76

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