cover image: Baptism candidates, Arusha, Tanzania, 1923

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Baptism candidates, Arusha, Tanzania, 1923

1923

No original title. Candidates for baptism wearing simple white dresses and long shirts standing in a circle and holding hands. In the middle a smaller child standing. In the background on the right missionaries Reusch and Blumer and other persons. Cf. photo no. 496, album no. 19. -- Richard Reusch (born 1891), from Baratajewka at the river Volga, served the Leipzig Mission as pastor in Arusha, Nkoaranga and Marangu from 1923 to 1938 (apart from home leave in 1930-1931). He was president of the Lutheran Church Council of Tanzania. -- Leonhard Blumer (1878-1938), from Kida in Estonia, served the Leipzig Mission as pastor and teacher in Arusha from 1907 to 1930 (apart from home leave in 1912-1913 and 1924-1926).
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Authors

Blumer, Mrs.(?)

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1771
Dates
1923-09-23
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 11.2 x 8.3 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Arusha Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m1771 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-18-160
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/0b358a63404ea4a8ce7198c5671c65c2

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