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Title
Girls carrying bricks, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1938
Creator
Küchler, Kurt, 1908-?
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-04
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
"Ziegelträger in Linie angetreten." ("Brick carrier lined up."). Seven girls carrying up to six bricks on their heads are lined up according to their size, the tallest girl standing on the left. On the right: an African man resting upon a stick. On the left: a house is being built. Behind them: stacks of bricks.
Cf. photo no. 11011. -- Kurt Küchler (1908-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Kyimbila from 1936 to 1939. In 1938 he married Marianne Geisler.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic print, 13.1 x 8.3 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11794 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11013
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11794
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11013.jpg
Subject
Handicrafts
Women workers
Group portraits
Time Period
1938-04
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Nyassa 5
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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