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Title
Old woman, Genadendal, South Africa
Creator
Unknown
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 alte Dienerin Yethi in Gnadenthal." ("The old servant Yethi in Genadendal."). The picture shows an old woman of African origin. Her head is covered with a white scarf. She sits on a chair and wears a dress and a white pinafore. She has a scarf around her neck. The woman has her hands folded. Behind her a cloth. Imprinted on the image: "Alte Dienerin. Gnadenthal. Süd-Afrika-West. No. 515." ("Old servant. Genadendal. South Africa West. No. 515.").
In the old negative register the title of the picture is: "Alte Dienerin (Jetti) Genadendal." ("Old servant (Jetti) Genadendal.").
Type
image
Format
2 copies, black-and-white slide no. 515
photographic prints, 6.2 x 10.0 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11101 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00515
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11101
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-00515.jpg
Subject
Women
Indigenous populations
Domestic workers
Portraits
Place
Africa
Genadendal
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 1
impa-m76

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