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Title
Zulu mailman at the post office, Hermannsburg, South Africa, 1913
Date Created and/or Issued
1913
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
"Ein afrikanischer Zulu-Briefträger kommt auf dem Postamt in Hermannsburg, Natal, an. 1913" ("An African Zulu mailman arrives at the post office in Hermannsburg, Natal. 1913"). Portrait of an African man with a backpack holding a spear in his left hand and two sticks with knobs in his right hand. He is wearing an overcoat. To his left an open window with a sign reading "phone call office" is visible. A European man and a woman can be seen at the window.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 8.6 x 13.9 cm.
Identifier
impa-m67276 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HMIN-K-038
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m67276
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HMIN-K-038.jpg
Subject
Portraits
Postal services
Men
Workers
Time Period
1913
Place
Africa
Hermannsburg
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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