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Title
African porters gathering, East Africa, ca. 1900-1908
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1900/1908
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: Prof. Adam Jones, Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Leipzig ,Postfach 100920, 04009 Leipzig, Deutschland; mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de <mailto:mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de>; Phone: +49(0341) 97-37030; Fax: +(49) (0341) 97-37048
Contact: Prof. Adam Jones, Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100920, 04009 Leipzig, Deutschland; mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de; Phone: +49 (0341) 97-37030; Fax: +(49) (0341) 97-37048
Jones, Adam
Private collections
mgrosze@uni-leipzig.de
Description
"Lastenträger eines Missionars vor dem Abmarsch in's Innere von Afrika." ("Porters of a missionary before starting for the interior of Africa."). A dozen African porters, men and women, standing or sitting on pieces of luggage. Some are holding a stick in their hands and wearing something red (or in one case blue) on their heads. They are barefoot.
Cf. "Druckvorlage Musterbuch 9, 313, Auf. 126" -- Postcard published by the Leipzig Mission.
Type
image
Format
colored photograph, 13.8 x 8.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11913 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-LPZ-CC_18P
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11913
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-LPZ-CC_18P.jpg
Subject
Transport
Travel
Group portraits
Time Period
1900/1908
Place
Africa

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