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Title
Nursemaid with the Gierschs' baby on her back, Mbozi, 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
"Mbozi. Kindermädchen mit Kind von Geschw. Giersch. Tuch auf dem Rücken echtes Safwafabrikat." ("Mbozi. Nursemaid with Bre[thren] Gierschs' child. Cloth on the back [is a] real Safwa product."). Profile view of an African girl wearing a dress with a baby tied to her back. As protection against the sun, she is holding an umbrella. In the background: a path sided by bushes and trees.
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. 4676
photographic prints, 8.9 x 11.8 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10976 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04676
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10976
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-04676.jpg
Subject
Personnel
Girls
Children
Domestic workers
Double portraits
Time Period
1906/1929
Place
Africa
Mbozi
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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