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Title
Mission buildings, Elim, South Africa
Creator
Unknown
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
"Elimer Missionshäuser." ("Mission houses of Elim."). The picture shows a row of three two-storied houses with thatched roofs. The second stories being attic stories. High trees in front of the house in the middle and the one on the left. Lower trees in front of the house on the right. A man walks in front of it. In the center of the picture a woman of probably African origin with a white scarf around her head and a white pinafore carrying a load on her head. In the foreground shadows, probably of trees. Imprinted on the image: "1692."
Cf. photo no. 411. -- Photo no. 411 shows the same view from a slightly different perspective.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 1692
photographic prints, 11.6 x 8.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11205 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-01692
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11205
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-1-01692.jpg
Subject
Houses
Buildings
Human settlements
Landscape
Exterior views
Place
Africa
Elim
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 1
impa-m76

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