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Title
School opening in Mamre, South Africa, 1936
Creator
Schaberg, Willibald Paul, 1900-?
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
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
"Schuleröffnung Mamre." ("School opening Mamre."). The school is in the background. Many people are gathering in front of the building. In the foreground a tree and piles of rocks on the ground. On the left a car with an open door. A wooden fence on the left.
This picture was taken by Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?). He worked as a missionary in South Africa West, mostly in Elim. He married Elfriede Henriette Johanna Nigrin (born 1898) in Herrnhut near Dresden, Germany, in 1929. It is not known when and where he stopped working and died.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 6 x 4.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13296 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12467
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13296
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12467.jpg
Subject
Schools
Buildings
Indigenous populations
Conversation pieces
Time Period
1936
Place
Africa
Mamre
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 3
impa-m76

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