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Title
Laying of the foundation stone of a mission church, Tukuyu, Tanzania, ca.1898-1914
Creator
Stolz, Adolf Ferdinand, 1871-1917
Date Created and/or Issued
1898/1914
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
"Grundstein-Legung für die Missionskirche in Neu-Langenburg. Br Jansa. Br. Stolz. Regierungsbeamte" ("Laying of the foundation stone of the mission church in Tukuyu. Br[other] Jansa. Br[other] Stolz. Civil servants"). Three white women, sitting on chairs with their backs facing the viewer. Next to them sitting on the ground: three white children and another woman. On the very left: two African girls standing, wearing dresses. On the right: white and black civil servants. In the background: African boys and men. They are all watching Missionary Jansa and Stolz together with two helpers who are laying a foundation stone in the center of them all. Tall trees are backing the scene. Imprinted on the image: "3221".
Cf. photo no. 3655. -- Ferdinand Jansa (1868-1957) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Ipanya from December 1899 to 1901, 1906 and from 1909 to 1910, in Mbozi 1901, in Kyimbila 1902 and from 1912 to 1916 and in Mwaya from 1907 to 1909. After the First World War he continued his service in Nyasa Province from May 1926 to Mai 1934. He married Caroline, née Jung (1873 - 1944), in 1899. -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 3221
photographic prints, 15.4 x 11.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10771 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03221
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10771
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03221.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Missionary work
Religious communities
Civil service
General views
Time Period
1898/1914
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Tukuyu
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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