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Title
Two old women, Mamre, South Africa, 1934
Creator
Theile, P
Date Created and/or Issued
1934
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
Mamre: 2 alte Gemeinschwestern. Die Linke ist 90, die andere um die 80." ("Mamre: two old congregation sisters. The one on the left is 90, the other one around 80."). The picture shows two old women of probably mixed origin sitting. Both wear white cloths around their heads. Each holds a wooden stick. Behind them a fence. On the left branches of a tree. On the right a path and trees. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
Type
image
Format
2 copies
photographic prints, 11 x 6.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12705 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-09730
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12705
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-09730.jpg
Subject
Women
Indigenous populations
Double portraits
Time Period
1934
Place
Africa
Mamre
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 3
impa-m76

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