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Title
Interior of the church in Moravian Hill, Cape Town, South Africa
Creator
Theile, P
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
"Moravian Hill. Inneres der Kirche." ("Moravian Hill. Interior of the church."). The picture shows an organ on a gallery. Stairs leading up to it on the left. Four rows of wooden benches. The two in the middle are divided by a small wooden wall. Three big candelabras hanging from the ceiling. Written on the card board: "P. Theile."
Cf. photo no. 9432 and no. 9646. -- Photo no. 9432 shows the church from the outside. Photo no. 9646 shows another perspective of the interior of the church. According to the data provided by a USCDL patron, the organ the photograph features was build by Marcussen & Son Company. It was completed on November 22, 1897 and had 21 stops with 2 manuals and a pedal. The Marcussen Organ Company still exists
it was founded in 1806.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 7 x 11.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12460 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-09431
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12460
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-09431.jpg
Subject
Religious buildings
Buildings
Churches
Interior views
Place
Africa
Cape Town
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 2
impa-m76

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