"Elim. Der alte Friedhof." ("Elim. The old graveyard."). The picture shows two rows of high trees. In the middle a straight shady path. On the left and the right grass and a couple of trees. Written on the card board: Tietzen 1926." Cf. photo no. 1722. -- Photo no. 1726 shows a very similar perspective on the path. -- photography faded around the edges. -- The picture was taken by Gustav Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) who was born in Berthelsdorf near Herrnhut and worked as a missionary in Elim and Moravian Hill (Cape Town) from 1922 to 1927 and in East Africa from 1927 to 1939. He later returned to South Africa West to work as a missionary from 1959 to 1960 before he went back to Germany.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12456
- Dates
- 1926
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- 2 copies, colored negative no. 7434 photographic prints, 9.6 x 14.5 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Elim South Africa
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- South Africa
- Reference
- impa-m12456 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-07434
- 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/5e837f9b2820abf170d84edf35adf4ab
