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Title
A learning catechumen in Zincuka, South Africa East
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Zincuka. Lernender Taufbewerber (Zokufa Zokwe)" ("Zincuka. Learning catechumen (Zokufa Zokwe)"). A man standing next to the entrance of a house, wearing a tattered coat and a hat, holding a book in his hands and reading in it.
Ernst Gotthelf Marx, born in 1866 in Niesky (Germany), was a merchant. His missionary work lasted (with interruptions) from 1894 till 1931, and he was stationed in Silo and Zincuka. He died in 1947 in Zeiskam (Germany).
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
10 x 7.6 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m15427 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09850
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15427
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09850.jpg
Subject
Learning
Christians
General views
Place
Africa
South Africa
Unknown
Zincuka
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
colored slide no. 9850; two copies exist
impa-m76

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