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Title
Men shearing sheep, Elim, South Africa
Creator
Unknown
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
"Elim. Schafschur." ("Elim. Sheep shearing."). Eight African men: three are wearing hats, one is wearing light pants and a dark shirt and vest. The others are wearing white shirts and a dark waistcoat. Six of the men are holding sheep that have been sheared. A building and a hill are in the background. Two men are kneeling on the ground in front of the others. A mud wall and the roof of a house in the background.
Type
image
Format
colored slide no. 4495
photographic prints, 10.5 x 8.1 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m11857 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-04495
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11857
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-04495.jpg
Subject
Animal husbandry
Farmers
Animals
Agricultural workers
Group portraits
Place
Africa
Elim
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 2
impa-m76

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