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Title
New construction for the seminary, Mvenyane, South Africa East, 1933
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
„Mvenyane, auf dem Neubau fürs Seminar: Br. Liebich mit seinen Industrieschülern an der Arbeit
vom Dach aus“ („Mvenyane, on the new construction for the seminary: Brother Liebich with his industry students working
from the roof“). Six men next to the construction of a wall. A European man cowering on one wall, wearing a suit, a necktie and a hat. Further behind four young men standing next to another wall, mainly dressed in trousers and shirts, two are wearing hats. They are smiling. Further left another man standing next to the third wall, wearing a shirt, a hat and braces. He is raising his right arm, holding an object (maybe a hammer) in his right hand. Trees and another building around and in the background.
Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
6.1 x 10.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m57961 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09288
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57961
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09288.jpg
Subject
Housing construction
Men
General views
Time Period
1933
Place
Africa
Mvenyane
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
two copies exist

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