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Title
Smelting furnace, Tanzania
Creator
Unknown
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
"Ein Schmelzofen der Ba-nika. -&gt
Schmelzofen -&gt
Eisenklotz aus einem großen Schmelzofen, der zu weiterem Gebrauch zerkleinert wird. -&gt
Blasebalg aus Tierhaut[.] Erhalten von Br. Giersch 1929." ("A smelting furnace of the 'Ba-nyika'. -&gt
smelting furnace -&gt
block of iron coming out of a large smelting furnace, which will be crushed for further use. -&gt
a pair of bellows made from hide[.] Received from Br[other] Giersch 1929."). In front of four seated workers there are a smelting furnace, a block of iron and a pair of bellows.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 11.4 x 8.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m3674 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06670
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m3674
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-06670.jpg
Subject
Building materials
Labour
Manual workers
General views
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 2
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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