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Title
Break in the shadow of a truck, Ethiopia, 1952
Creator
Waßmann, Dietrich Sr
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-03
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
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Description
"Der Lastwagen bahnt sich mühsam den Weg [durchgestrichen]. Zwei Transportmittel nebeneinander, auch die Esel haben an dem frischen Wasser Rast gemacht und werden links wieder beladen." ("The car forces its way forward [crossed out]. Two means of transport next to each other, the donkeys too have taken a rest at the fresh water and are loaded again to the left.") Side view of a loaded truck with open hood. On the truck and next to it people are visible. To the left and right a donkey.
Separate note reading: "Beide Verkehrsmittel haben eine Pause eingelegt, um zu trinken, das Auto sowohl als der Esel" ("Both means of transport have taken a break to drink, the car as well as the donkey").
Photograph taken during Dietrich Waßmann's journey from Ayra to Adis Abeba.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph: b&w
10.5 x 7.5 cm.
photographs
photographic prints
Identifier
IMP-ELM-AE-938.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-85265
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-938.jpg
Subject
Motor vehicles
Domestic animals
Trucks
General views
Time Period
1952-03
Place
Africa
Ethiopia
Source
ELM/AE/Fotos - 938 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Hermannsburg Mission, 1888-1958
impa-m59833

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