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Title
View of Mbeya, Mbeya, Tanzania, 1936
Creator
Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973
Date Created and/or Issued
1936-10/1936-12
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
"Unser Bezirksort Mbeya." ("Our district capital Mbeya."). Round thatched huts. The huts are regularly arranged. In the background a mountain. In the foreground a group of people standing on a pathway.
Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 10584
photographic print, 11.4 x 8.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11507 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10584
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11507
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10584.jpg
Subject
Rural areas
Topographical views
Time Period
1936-10/1936-12
Place
Africa
Rungwe
Tanzania
Relation
Bezirksort Mbeya in Ostafrika, der als Post-Flughafen für unsere Nyassamission besondere Bedeutung hat." ("District capital Mbeya in East Africa. It has an airport for mail and is of special importance for our Nyassa Mission."). In: Bildbeilage zum Missi
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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