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Title
Departure of the mission caravan, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1928-06-11
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
„Vorauf schreitet der Hornist. Bruder [Hermann] Grabe mit dem Dolmetscher Hans Borinski reiten hinterher [...]. Der Aschkarischum [Karawanenleiter] Ato Cassa verabschiedet sich [...] von seinen Freunden Ato Bischau, dem er [...] die Hand gibt und Tarafe [Terefe Daankii].“ („Ahead marches the hornist. Brother [Hermann] Grabe with the interpreter Hans Borinski are riding afterwards [...]. The Aschkarischum [caravan leader] Ato Cassa is saying good by to his friends Ato Bischau, who he [..] is shaking hands with and Tarafe [Terefe Daankii]”). Caravan with mules. Grabe and Borinski are riding mules, Ethiopians in white gowns are walking beside them and other mules, that are loaded with bundles. In the background eucalyptus trees and several grass thatched huts or houses covered with corrugated iron.
Hermann Grabe (1901-1984) was a ship carpenter and deacon. He was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 to 1935.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 14.9 x 9.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m59105 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-001.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59105
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-001.jpg
Subject
General views
Travel
Missionary work
Time Period
circa 1928-06-11
Place
Addis Abeba
Africa
Ethiopia
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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