cover image: Consecration of the church bell, Gonja, Tanzania, ca. 1935-1940

Consecration of the church bell, Gonja, Tanzania, ca. 1935-1940

"Glockenweihe Aussenstelle Gonga, Miss. Küchler und Kosmala" ("Consecration of the bell at Gonja out-station, missionaries Küchler and Kosmala"). Wooden steeple. Missionaries Küchler and Kosmala with their backs to the camera. Crowd of people wearing European clothes, hats and caps. Brass band. Martin Kosmala (1906-1991), from Wroclaw, was trained as a tailor before joining the Leipzig Mission as pastor. He served in Mbaga and Gonja from 1937 to 1940. From 1947 to 1957 he served the Hermannsburg Mission in South Africa.
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Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1807
Date published
1935/1940
Dates
1935/1940
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 5.7 x 5.9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Gonja Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m1807 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-20-528
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/db61f5b36db98462ee02b27b7aa4e19e

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