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Title
Mission house in Nsaba still unfinished
Missionshaus in Nsaba (unvollendet). Goldküste
Creator
Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Date Created and/or Issued
1888/1895
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
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Note: Als Nr. 7 publiziert im Album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionar Fritz Ramseyer', Neuenburg 1895. - Bildlegende im Album: "Nsaba. Station im Fante-Gebiet. Zehn Stunden von der Küste. - Das Missionshaus ist noch im Bau begriffen. Da keine Steine in der Nähe sind, hat man Backsteine zu brennen versucht. Der erste Versuch dieser Art in der Gegend hat sich ziemlich bewährt." (RI). - Ramseyer neg 73. (T. Garrard).
Note translation: Ramseyer neg 73. (T. Garrard). - Published as photo no 7 in the album 'Achtzig Ansichten von der Goldküste (Westafrika) nach Originalaufnahmen des Missionars Fritz Ramseyer', Neuchâtel 1895. (RI). - Caption in the album: "Nsaba, mission station in the Fante area. 10 hours from the coast. - The mission house is still under construction. There is no stone in the vicinity, so people tried to make bricks. This first attempt at brickmaking in this area has been fairly successful."
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, albumen
11.5 x 17.0 cm.
Identifier
impa-m25454 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-6308
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m25454
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-6308.jpg
Subject
Architectural view
Brick
Brickwork
Mission house
Under construction
Worker m
Time Period
1888/1895
Place
Fante
Nsaba
Source
D-30.12.019 [Reference number]
QD-30.042.0007; QD-30.043.0007; QD-32.024.0073 [Same image reference number]
Relation
Gold Coast. Twi District. Anum. Nsaba. 12. A. Anum, main station, mission house and missionaries, b. Anum, mission schools, c. Anum outstations, d. Nsaba mission station and town, e. Nsaba outstation Winneba, f. Other Nsaba outstations
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17138
impa-m38304; impa-m38412; impa-m52935
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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