"Elim. Der alte Friedhof." ("Elim. The old graveyard."). The picture shows two rows of high trees. In the middle a straight shady path. On the left and the right grass and a couple of trees. Written on the card board: Tietzen 1926." Cf. photo no. 1722. -- Photo no. 1726 shows a very similar perspective on the path. -- photography faded around the edges. -- The picture was taken by Gustav Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) who was born in Berthelsdorf near Herrnhut and worked as a missionary in Elim and Moravian Hill (Cape Town) from 1922 to 1927 and in East Africa from 1927 to 1939. He later returned to South Africa West to work as a missionary from 1959 to 1960 before he went back to Germany.
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2 copies, colored negative no. 7434 photographic prints, 9.6 x 14.5 cm. photographs
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