cover image: Group next to a church, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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Group next to a church, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

"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.
children adults church indigenous populations exterior views

Authors

Schaberg, Willibald Paul, 1900?

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12426
Format
Photographs
Pages
3 copies photographic prints, 13.9 x 8.4 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Port Elizabeth South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m12426 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-08072
Rights
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
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/237a162851be562a2217992411624430

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