"Geschw. Zeeb in Isoko." ("Brethren Zeeb in Isoko."). In the foreground Missionary Zeeb standing together with his wife, who carries a toddler on her arms. In front of them four children ordered by decreasing height from left to right, the smallest one being African. A bush half covers them. In the background a tree and view on the montains. Imprinted on the image: "2324". Photo taken from the box of duplicates. -- Photo was probably taken during Missionary Zeeb´s stay in Isoko 1900-1910. -- Wilhelm Friedrich Zeeb (1866-1933) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Nyasa, East Africa, from 1898-1911. From 1900-1910 he stayed in Isoko together with his wife Anna Mathilde Zeeb (born 1875 in Surinam, died 1913).
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