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Title
African women and children in front of some dwellings, Genadendal, South Africa
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
"Eingeborenen Häuser mit Weinstöcken in Gnadenthal." ("Indigenous style dwellings with grapevines in Genadendal."). At some distance, four African women and 15 African children are standing in front of three dwellings. In the front of the each house grapevines are growing. Some trees are standing nearby. In the background on a small hill behind the houses, a group of several men is standing. On the right margin in the background is a mountain as well as other dwellings. Imprinted on the image: "1861.".
One of the two copies is faded.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored slide no. 1861
photographic prints, 14 x 10.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11317 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-01861
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11317
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-01861.jpg
Subject
Children
Women
Indigenous populations
Human settlements
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Genadendal
South Africa
Relation
Wohnhäuser der Farbigen in Gnadental" (The Coloreds' dwellings in Genadendal"). In: Hennig, D. P. "Ein Missionarspaar in Südafrika", Missionsblatt der Brüdergemeine, vol. 90, p. 36, 1926
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 1
impa-m76

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