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Bürgerwehr in unruhigen Zeiten. Die Flügelmänner tragen die Muscheln, mit denen sie im Augenblick der Gefahr die Wehr zusammenrufen. (Schauerliche Töne, besonders in der Nacht)

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Title: Bürgerwehr in unruhigen Zeiten. Die Flügelmänner tragen die Muscheln, mit denen sie im Augenblick der Gefahr die Wehr zusammenrufen. (Schauerliche Töne, besonders in der Nacht)
Home guard for troubled times. The two men left and right carry the conches, with which they call the people together when danger threatens. These conches have a note which sends shivers down one's back, especially in the night
Creator: Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1904/1920
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: All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Type: image
Format: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
8.3 x 11.2 cm.
Identifier: impa-m20011 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-8093
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m20011
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-8093.jpg
Subject: Civic guard m
Conch
Flag
Group
Hat
Musical instrument
Shell
Weapon
Time Period: 1904/1920
Place: China
Source: A-30.13.020 [Same image reference number]
A-30.58.006 [Reference number]
Relation: China. Types of people. 8 a members of the upper classes, heads of statem officials, military, doctors, b. Children and schools, men, women, family groups, c. Beggars and robbers
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17066
impa-m20011
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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