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Title
Mariam church on Entoto mountain, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, ca.1928-1929
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
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany
Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM)
Hermannsburg Mission
USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference.
archiv@elm-mission.net
Description
"3000 m.ü.M. [...] Die Kirche ist erst neuerrichtet und wird innen dekorativ mit Bildern versehen." ("3000 m.a.s.l. [...] The church has just been newly errected and in the inside it is going to be furnished decoratively with pictures.") View of a fenced, octagonal building with a corrugated sheet roof and an Ethiopian cross on top. In front of it from left Adolf Müller, Hermann Grabe, and the painter Winninger.
Hermann Grabe (1901-1984) was a ship carpenter and deacon. He was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1927 to 1935. -- Adolf Müller (1905-1936) was a mission artisan of the Hermannsburg mission. He started his work as a missionary in Ethiopia in 1927. From 1928 he served in Aira, later in Bedele. He was married to Minna, née Nottorf. In may 1936 he left Bedele with his wife and baby to flee to Adis Abeba. He was killed on the way in an attack on the caravan.
Type
image
Format
photographs
photographic prints, 13.6 x 8.8.
photographic prints, 11.8 x 8.9.
Identifier
impa-m59554 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-ELM-AE-532.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59554
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-ELM-AE-532.jpg
Subject
Churches
Religious buildings
Men
General views
Time Period
1928/1929
Place
Addis Abeba
Africa
Ethiopia

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