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Title
African porters, Ipiana, Tanzania, ca. 1898-1903
Creator
Stolz, Adolf, 1871-1917
Date Created and/or Issued
1898/1903
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
"Träger werden in Ipyana von Br. Stolz abgefertigt." ("Missionary Adolf Stolz is instructing porters in Ipyana."). African porters carry goods along the "Ipyana Road". Imprinted on the image: "Träger auf d. Ipyana-Strasse (Stolz) D.O.A. No. 1042." ("Porters on Ipyana Road (Stolz) German East Africa No. 1042.").
Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 1020
photographic prints, 9.7 x 14.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m5912 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-01020
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5912
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-01020.jpg
Subject
Labour
Transport
Group portraits
Time Period
1898/1903
Place
Africa
Ipyana
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
Aufbruch einer Lastenkarawane auf der Missionsstation Ipyana." ("Departure of a porters' caravan from Ipyana Mission Station."). In: Bernd Arnold: Steuer und Lohnarbeit im Südwesten von Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1891 bis 1916, p. 378/389. Münster, Hamburg: LIT
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 1
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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