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Title
Morning break at the river crossing, Ethiopia, 1952
Creator
Waßmann, Dietrich Sr
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-03
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
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Description
"Die Reise ist oft schwierig [durchgestrichen]. An derselben Stelle, unterhalb des Baumes unser Frühstücksplatz." ("The journey is often difficult [crossed out]. At the same place, below the tree, our breakfast place.") View of a group of people on top of or next to a loaded truck. In the foreground a fallen tree is visible, to the right in the background a donkey.
Separate note reading: "[U]nterhalb des [umgestürzten] Baumes unser Frühstücksplatz" ("[B]elow the [fallen] tree our breakfast place").
Photograph taken during Dietrich Waßmann's journey from Ayra to Adis Abeba.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
10.5 x 7.5 cm.
photographs
photographic prints
Identifier
IMP-ELM-AE-939.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-85266
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-939.jpg
Subject
Motor vehicles
Travel
Trucks
General views
Time Period
1952-03
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Source
ELM/AE/Fotos - 939 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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