"Mamre. Die Werf." ("Mamre. The mission premises."). In the center of the picture at some distance are several houses of the mission station surrounded by trees. The word "Werf" is a term taken from Afrikaans meaning "premises" or "yard". -- E. Baudert probably took the picture in 1830. -- The picture might have also been taken by Samuel Baudert (1879-1956). -- Eugen Baudert (1876-1953), born in Silo and died in Bonza Bay near East London, was teacher at and head of the Herrnhuter mission seminar in Mvenyane from 1904-1931. He married Margarethe Maria Baur in 1909.
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4 copies photographic prints, 11 x 6.7 cm. photographs
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