cover image: Supreme chief Jong with Brother Baudert and his family, South Africa East

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Supreme chief Jong with Brother Baudert and his family, South Africa East

„Oberhäuptling Jong mit Br. Baudert und seiner Familie [seine Frau] vor seinem Haus“ („Supreme chief Jong with Br[other] Baudert and his family [his wife] in front of his house“). Group portrait of three people in front of a house. A man in a suit and a woman in a dark long dress and a white coloured blouse are sitting on chairs. Behind them a European man standing, wearing a suit and a jacket or a coat. Samuel Baudert (1879-1956), born as son of the missionary Samuel Baudert in South Africa, was mission director of the Moravian Brethren from 1924 to 1927 and since 1929 their bishop.--Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
women clergy leadership group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57870
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
8.1 x 5.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m57870 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-3-08353
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/c7af67633b320d57d16e06d0e08897bf

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