"Der Kilasi-Wasserfall bei Rungwe. Br. Böhme." ("Kilasi-Waterfall near Rungwe. Br[other] Böhme.") Missionary Böhme standing next to a small waterfall surrounded by luxuriant vegetation. Imprinted on the image: "Kilasi-fall b Rungwe. D.O.A. No. 1012". ("Kilasi-fall n[ear] Rungwe. G[erman] E[ast] A[frica] No. 1012"). One photo included from box of duplicates. -- Ernst Emil Böhme (1870-1938) was a mission artisan of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served from 1900 to 1903 as head of the joinery, as building foreman from 1903 to 1905 in Kyimbila, from 1905 to 1907 in Isoko and from 1907 to 1909 in Rutenganio. Until being interned in 1916 he was head of the station in Ipanya. In 1907 he married Emma, née Gründel.
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2 copies, one missing, colored slide no. 1078 photographic print, 11.6 x 15.9 cm. photographs
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