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Title
Mrs. Msi, Wittekleybosch, 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
„Frau Msi, Wittekleybosch“ („Mrs. Msi, Wittekleybosch“). A woman, wearing a light coloured costume and a dark headdress is sitting next to a fence in front of a house. On the right side of the picture a child in a light coloured costume, only half visible. Trees are in between.
Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.
c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-8-11442, -11444.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
5.3 x 8.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m56963 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-8-11443
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m56963
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-8-11443.jpg
Subject
Women
Christians
Portraits
Place
Africa
South Africa
Unknown
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
two copies exist

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