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Title
Waiting for the church service, South Africa East, 1933
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
„Tinana. Mädchen warten im Felsschatten auf den Gottesdienst“ („Tinana. Girls are waiting for the church service in the shade of a rock“). Four girls sitting in the shade of a rock. The two sitting rightmost are wearing light coloured dresses, the one further left a light coloured blouse and a dark skirt. The one sitting leftmost is wearing a dark dress, a white shirt and a long dark shawl. With her left hand she is holding a cloth on her mouth. The rocks are interspersed with plants.
Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
6.1 x 10.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m57974 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09331
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57974
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09331.jpg
Subject
Girls
Church
General views
Time Period
1933
Place
Africa
South Africa
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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