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Title
A leper washing the wounds on his feet, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929
Creator
Fischer, Dr. Walter Otto
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
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
"Leprakranker beim Waschen seiner Wunden. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Leper washing his wounds. Dr. O. Fischer"). An African man, seated on some bamboo canes at a small pool, is washing his leprous feet.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 8708
photographic prints, 11.2 x 8.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m8755 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08708
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8755
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-3-08708.jpg
Subject
Leprosy
Patients
Water supply
Portraits
Time Period
1929
Place
Africa
Isoko
Tanzania
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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