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Title
The evangelist Moses and his family, 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
"Moses, ein Evangelist und Ältester in Inamwanga." ("Moses, an evangelist and elder in Inamwanga."). On the left: Moses' wife carrying a baby. On the right: Moses is holding his second child's hand standing between them. Moses is wearing European clothes. His wife and children are wearing traditional clothes. They are surrounded by palm trees.
Kurt Kühler (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, colored slide no. 10983
photographic print, 15 x 10.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11779 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10983
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11779
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10983.jpg
Subject
Missionary work
Family
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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