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Title
Congregation after a christening ceremony, Kyimbila, Tanzania, ca.1898-1914
Creator
Stolz, Adolf Ferdinand, 1871-1917
Date Created and/or Issued
1898/1914
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
"Nach einer Taufe in Kyimbila." ("After a christening ceremony in Kyimbila."). A large group of Africans, some of them dressed in white, standing or sitting in front of tall trees. Three missionaries and two white children are standing among them.
Cf. photo no. 3245. -- The picture was probably taken by Adolf Ferdinand Stolz. -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 3650
photographic prints, 17.8 x 12.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10870 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03650
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10870
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03650.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Missionary work
Religious communities
Group portraits
Time Period
1898/1914
Place
Africa
Kyimbila
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 1
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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