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Description
Annotation translation: "This is a picture of modern times with all its advantages. Many people will find it hard to understand that we can live like this in our Trading Company while the war is on, but it is scarcely more expensive than a horse and carriage. Mr ... " Annotation: "Das ist die Neuzeit mit ihren Vorteilen. Manche Leute werden es kaum verstehen, dass man sich in unserer Handlung das leistet in der Kriegszeit, aber es wird kaum teurer sein als Pferd und Wagen. Herr ... " Note: ..Brugger brachte uns letzten Donnerstag darin nach Aburi z. Dr. H.'s Hochzeit. Um 7 Uhr morgens fuhren wir ... um 1/2 fünf Uhr photographieren und nachher allgemeiner Aufbruch... Note translation: " ... Brugger brought us to Aburi in this car last Thursday for Dr. H's wedding. We set off at 7 a.m.... at 4.30 the photographs were taken, and then everyone left ..." NB "GA" presumably means "General Agent", "BMF" = Basel Mission Factory = Basel Mission Trading Company (PJ 9/98).
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver 9.3 x 14.0 cm.
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