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Title
Church Council and Missionaries, Elim, South Africa, 1935
Creator
Schaberg, Willibald, 1900-?
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
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
"Kirchenrat und Missionsgeschwister in Elim am Jubelfest der Kirche" ("Church council and mission brethren in Elim at the church's jubilee"). A group of women and men posed in front of a building, probably the church. The women are wearing white dresses and headscarfs, the men are wearing suits.
Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died. -- In 1935 the church of Elim celebrated its 100th birthday.
Type
image
Format
3 copies
photographic prints, 8.5 x 5.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13345 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12221
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13345
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12221.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Clergy
Group portraits
Time Period
1935
Place
Africa
Elim
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 3
impa-m76

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