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Title
The teachers Abraham and Petro with a class at the mission school, Gonja, Tanzania, ca. 1911-1914
Creator
Guth, Wilhelm, 1888-1980
Date Created and/or Issued
1911/1914
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
Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Paul-List-Str. 19, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Leipzig 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 Leipzig Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Paul-List-Str. 19, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; Tel. (0)341 / 99 40 600, Archive 99 40 633, Fax 99 40 690; e-mail: bildarchiv@lmw-mission.de--When requesting images please include the filename (usually begins with "IMP-LPZ").--The following charges are made for the right to publish an image: - for a publication with a circulation up to 500: 10 euros, - for a publication with a circulation of 501 to 1,000: 13 euros, - for a publication with a circulation of more than 1,000 or for use in electronic media, film, television or other audivisual media: 30 euros.--Commercial use of images requires special permission and will be priced individually. Copyright belongs to the Archive. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning "Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., ..."; together with the reference. Payment should be made by money transfer in euros to: Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., IBAN: DE37 3506 0190 1608 7000 10, BIC: GENODED1DKD, Bank für Kirche u. Diakonie.
bildarchiv@lmw-mission.de
Description
"Dasselbe. Die Aufschrift der Tafel ist von Lehrer Abraham (der Vordere)" ("The same. The inscription on the blackboard is by teacher Abraham (the one in front)"). A class of schoolchildren wearing cloths, European garments and long shirts sitting on wooden benches. A blackboard and a map of Europe. The two teachers dressed in European clothes. Inscription on the blackboard: 'Gonja Afrika' ('Gonja Africa'). A crucifix in the front. View from the back of the room towards the blackboard.
Cf. photos. nos. 150(A571), 571, 573, 574 and 575, album no. 5. -- Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 10.2 x 7.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m1396 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-05-572
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1396
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-05-572.jpg
Subject
Leipzig Mission
Schoolchildren
Teachers
Educational equipment
Teaching
General views
Time Period
1911/1914
Place
Africa
Gonja
Tanzania
Relation
Album 5
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Leipzig Mission, Germany, ca.1912-1917 & ca.1924-1938
impa-m246

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