cover image: Mrs. Keevill, assistants and nurse, Sikonge, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

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Mrs. Keevill, assistants and nurse, Sikonge, Unyamwezi, Tanzania, 1933

1930

"Sikonge. Mrs. Keevill mit ihren Gehilfinnen und Nurse vor der Maternity-Klinik" ("Sikonge. Mrs. Keevill with her female assistants and nurse in front of the maternity clinic"). Mrs. Keevill in the middle, the assistants next to her. The female nurse is standing in front of Mrs. Keevill. The two assistants are wearing a cloth and a headscarf with a cross, the nurse is wearing a uniform. Mrs. Keevill is wearing a topee. Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland).
women medical personnel indigenous populations group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m14745
Dates
1930
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
6.1 x 10.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Sikonge Tanzania uncategorized: Unyamwezi
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m14745 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-2-09246
Rights
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
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/9e63e9703dd0d138cf5cc3e1e37c6946

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