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Title
Group next to a church, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Creator
Schaberg, Willibald Paul, 1900-?
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
Moravian Archives; http://www.archiv.ebu.de/
Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Deutschland
unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Description
"Walmer bei Port Elizabeth. Die alte Kirche." ("Walmer near Port Elizabeth. The old church."). The picture shows an old building made of corrugated iron sheets. A cross on its top on the left side. Next to the building on the left a group of five men, four women and a child of African origin. On the right in front of the building four boys of African origin sitting on a piece of grass. Written on the card board: "Schaberg."
Walmer is a suburb of Port Elizabeth. -- The picture was taken by Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?). He was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died.
Type
image
Format
3 copies
photographic prints, 13.9 x 8.4 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m12426 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-08072
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12426
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-08072.jpg
Subject
Church
Indigenous populations
Adults
Children
Exterior views
Place
Africa
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs of the Moravian Church, Herrnhut, Germany, ca.1890-1940
Süd-Afrika-West 2
impa-m76

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