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Title
Schoolboy drums to call pupils to the school
Schüler trommelt zur Schule
Creator
Zürcher, Wilhelm (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1932/1938
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
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Annotation translation: "'Come to school' calls the schoolboy, beating his talking drum with two wooden staves. In this African village there is not yet a clock on a church tower, or on a school building."
Annotation: "'Auf zur Schule' ruft der Schüler mit seiner Sprechtrommel, die er mit zwei Holzschlegeln schlägt. Denn eine Kirchturmuhr, oder gar eine Schulhausuhr gibt es noch nicht im Negerdorf."
Stamped: "Museum der Basler Mission, Basel, Missionsstrasse 21."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
7.9 x 5.7 cm.
Identifier
impa-m30548 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-20777
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m30548
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-20777.jpg
Subject
Drummer m
Mission school
Pupil m
Talking drum
Village view
Time Period
1932/1938
Place
Cameroon
Source
E-30.86.237 [Reference number]
Relation
Cameroon. Mission, Church. 6. Photographer: Zürcher. A) Mission: stations, journeys, preacng to non-christians, mission festivals, medical mission; b. Jubilee in Kumba; c) Churches, buildings; d) Church: people, indigenous christians, indigenous
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17149
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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