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Title
Sewing lesson in Africa (2), South Africa East
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, Unitätsarchiv
Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany
http://www.archiv.ebu.de
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Nähstunde in Afrika" ("Sewing lesson in Africa"). Six persons are standing around a table which is standing in a meadow. Each of them is holding something in the hands. Apparently, they are sewing. Behind them are other people sitting in the meadow. In the background are trees.
Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.
c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10192.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints
8.1 x 5.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m16039 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10193
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m16039
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10193.jpg
Subject
Handicrafts education
Textile arts
General views
Place
Africa
South Africa
Unknown
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
impa-m76
two copies exist

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