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Title
View of the gold mine, Saza, Tanzania, 1937
Creator
Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-01
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
"Die Goldmine in Saza, wo viele unserer Christen arbeiten." ("The gold mine in Saza where many of our Christians are working.") On the right: a building with two chimneys. In the background: several buildings. In the foreground: grassland.
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. 10629
photographic print, 11.5 x 8.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11571 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10629
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11571
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10629.jpg
Subject
Mining
Workers
Topographical views
Time Period
1937-01
Place
Africa
Saza
Tanzania
Relation
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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