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Title
The children of missionary Blumer playing with their friends, Arusha, Tanzania, 1924
Creator
Blumer, Leonhard, 1878-1938
Date Created and/or Issued
1924-03
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
"Weiß u. Schwarz als Kameraden (Kinder von Missionar Blumer)" ("White and Black as companions (Children of missionary Blumer)"). Four African and two European children in front of a small self-made hut similar to Chaga/West Kilimanjaro style houses thatched with the bark of the banana tree. A cross on top of the entance to the hut. Some of the children eating from dishes.
Cf. photo no. 50, album no. 17. -- Leonhard Blumer (1878-1938), from Kida in Estonia, served the Leipzig Mission as pastor and teacher in Arusha from 1907 to 1930 (apart from home leave in 1912-1913 and 1924-1926).
Type
image
Format
cardboard (no. 36 in box of negatives) and 1 copy, plate (no. 36 in box of negatives)
photographic prints, 10.5 x 8.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m1341 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-02-36-723
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1341
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-02-36-723.jpg
Subject
Children
Play
Housing
Food consumption
Group portraits
Time Period
1924-03
Place
Africa
Arusha
Tanzania
Relation
Album 2
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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