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Title
African girl leaning on a tree, South Africa, 1936
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
Portrait of an African girl leaning with her back on a tree. She is wearing a light European dress and a wide jacket over it.
Cf. picture no. HMIN H 59. -- Handwriting on the back reading: "Ein schwarzes Mädchen am Ntabankulu-Berge [...] Sie hatte noch keine Ahnung vom Photographieren. April 1936" ("A black girl at Mount Ntabankulu [...] She had no idea about photography. April 1936")
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 9.8 x 14.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-m60648 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HMIN-H-036
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m60648
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HMIN-H-036.jpg
Subject
Girls
Clothing
Trees
Portraits
Time Period
1936
Place
Africa
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
mountains: Ntabankulu
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833
one copy exists

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