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Title
A car accident, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1938
Creator
Küchler, Kurt, 1908-?
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-06/1938-08
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
"3. Bild. Die Zuschauermenge." ("3rd picture: the crowd of bystanders."). In the center: the overturned car. The wheels and the bottom side are recognizable. Brother Schärf is standing on the bridge. On the right: a crowd of Africans is watching the scene.
Cf. photo nos. 11209, 11210, 11212. -- Hans-Peter Schärf (1898-1945) was a mission artisan of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as head of the joinery in Rungwe and was married to Anna Gertrud, née Sikora (born 1904). -- Kurt Küchler (1908-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Kyimbila from 1936 to 1939. In 1938 he married Marianne Geisler.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 13.1 x 8.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11805 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11211
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11805
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11211.jpg
Subject
Vehicles
General views
Time Period
1938-06/1938-08
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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