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Title
A road in the countryside, Utengule, Tanzania, 1938
Creator
Tietzen, Theodor, 1893-1973
Date Created and/or Issued
1938-09
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
"Landstrasse bei Utengule." ("A country road near Utengule."). A road lined with large trees and shrubs. Africans are walking on the road. On the right: a "sausage tree" (Kigelia Africana) bearing fruit.
Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and after having served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa where he served in Mbozi until 1929 and in Utengule until 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, color slide no. 11230
photographic prints, 11.9 x 8.7 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11817 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11230
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11817
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11230.jpg
Subject
Rural environment
Roads
Topographical views
Time Period
1938-09
Place
Africa
Tanzania
Utengule
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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