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Title
Construction of a bridge across the Monjo river in Marangu, Tanzania, ca.1901-1910
Creator
Schanz?, Johannes, 1867-1963
Date Created and/or Issued
1901/1910
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
Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Paul-List-Str. 19, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Leipzig Mission
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Description
"Brückenbau über den Monjo-Fluß in der Landschaft Marangu" ("Contruction of a bridge across the Monjo river in the landscape Marangu"). 12 African workers are squatting on the ground. Two others, one in a turban and one in European dress are standing. A European man in a sun helmet stands in the front. On the ground a shovel. On the left the river. In the background trees.
The picture is blurred. -- The picture was probably taken by Johannes Schanz (1876-1963). He worked as a missionary of the Leipzig Mission in Moshi and Mamba from 1901 to 1910.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 10.5 x 7.6 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m13491 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-11-281
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13491
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-11-281.jpg
Subject
Bridges
Indigenous populations
Natural environment
Group portraits
Time Period
1901/1910
Place
Africa
Marangu
Tanzania
Relation
Album 11
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Leipzig Mission, Germany, ca.1912-1917 & ca.1924-1938
impa-m246

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