"Moravian Hill. Dasselbe wie 9429." ("Moravian Hill. The same as [photo] 9429."). The picture shows a woman and a man of European origin. The woman is dressed in a light colored dress. The man next to her wears a dark colored suit. Behind him a pillar. Next to them on the right two men of African and mixed origin dressed in dark colored suits. On the left in the background palm trees and a building The group probably stands under a porch. Written on the card board: P. Theile." Cf. photo no. 9429. -- Gustav Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was born in Berthelsdorf near Herrnhut and worked as a missionary in Elim and Moravian Hill (Cape Town) from 1922 to 1927 and in East Africa from 1927 to 1939. He later returned to South Africa West to work as a missionary from 1959 to 1960 before he went back to Germany.
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2 copies photographic prints, 11.3 x 7 cm. photographs
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