cover image: Schools, Elim, South Africa

Schools, Elim, South Africa

"Elimer Schulen." ("Schools of Elim."). The picture shows a one-storied building with two entrance doors and a thatched roof. Two small windows in the roof. Behind the building in the background another long one-storied building. In front of the buildings walk or stand children of African origin. In front of the building in the foreground three trees. Written on the card board: "Schaberg." Cf. photo no. 1537. -- Photo no. 1537 shows the building from another perspective. According to this pictures the building is the "small school" of Elim. -- 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.
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Authors

Schaberg, Willibald Paul, 1900?

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12421
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies, colored slide no. 7505 photographic prints, 13.4 x 8.9 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Elim South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m12421 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-07505
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/0d46cfca23b3e19c2a0f58a67566c85f

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