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Title
Zulu mailman in front of the post office, Hermannsburg, South Africa, 1913
Date Created and/or Issued
1913
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
"Ein Zulu-Briefträger vor dem Postamt in Hermannsburg, Natal." ("A Zulu mailman in front of the post office in Hermannsburg, Natal.") Photograph of an African man carrying a bundle on his back. He is wearing an overcoat and holding a spear and two sticks in his hands. Next to him a window is visible with two plates with inscriptions reading "post office" and "telephone call office". A dog is sitting under the window.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 11.1 x 14.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m67265 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HMIN-K-026
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m67265
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HMIN-K-026.jpg
Subject
General views
Men
Ethnic groups
Postal services
Domestic animals
Time Period
1913
Place
Africa
Hermannsburg
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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