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Title
Printers' House, Genadendal, South Africa, 1934
Creator
Theile, P
Date Created and/or Issued
1934
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
"Gnadental. Druckerei-Gebäude. Kranke warten auf Behandlung bei Br. Schmidt." ("Genadendal. Printers' house. Sick persons are waiting for treatment by Br[other] Schmidt."). A two-storyed european-style house. In front of it several Africans.
Brother Schmidt could be Brother Rudolf Schmidt born in 1872 in Elim, South Africa. Worked as locksmith in Genadendal, South Africa. Married in 1902 Anna Schmitt in Upper Paarl near Kapstadt. From 1901 missionary in South Africa West. From 1904 in Sea View. Died 1963 in unknown location. -- The mission print office in Genadendal was an important tool in distributing religious materials to the population, brother Schmidt's own works seem to have been duplicated here. -- The title does not clearly indicate whether the sick are waiting for treatment at Brother Schmidt's workplace or if they are waiting to be treated by him.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 11.1 x 6.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13244 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-09772
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13244
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-09772.jpg
Subject
Houses
Indigenous populations
Medical care
Conversation pieces
Time Period
1934
Place
Africa
Genadendal
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 3
impa-m76

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