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Title
Old graveyard, Elim, South Africa, 1926
Creator
Tietzen, Gustav Theodor, 1893-1973
Date Created and/or Issued
1926
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. 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.
Type
image
Format
2 copies, colored negative no. 7434
photographic prints, 9.6 x 14.5 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12456 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-07434
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12456
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-07434.jpg
Subject
Vegetation
Trees
Landscape
General views
Time Period
1926
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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