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Title
Sister Giersch next to a child on antelope's horns under papaya trees, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca. 1906-1929
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1906/1929
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
"2 Papayen-Bäume. Antilopen-Gehörn. Schw. Giersch." ("2 papaya trees. Antelope's horns. Sis[ter] Giersch."). Sister Giersch standing next to two papaya trees that carry lots of fruits. An African is standing in between them holding an antelope's horns on which a white child is sitting. Grassland in the background.
Ernst Otto Giersch (1878-1946 [1947]) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served from 1906 to 1908 in Mbozi (together with his wife Anna Magdalena(1882-unknown), née Seiler) and returned home because of illness. From 1927 to 1929 he again served in Mbozi.
Type
image
Format
black-and-white slide no. 4674
photographic prints, 8.9 x 11.9 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10974 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04674
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10974
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04674.jpg
Subject
Trees
Women
Children
Plants
Group portraits
Time Period
1906/1929
Place
Africa
Nyasa
Tanzania
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76

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