cover image: Brother Fisher, Cape Town, South Africa, 1934

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Brother Fisher, Cape Town, South Africa, 1934

1934

"Lansdowne: Br. Fisher (links Br. Hettasch), ein farbiger Maurermeister, Anfänger der regelmäßigen Gottesdienste in L. ihm ist die Gründung dieser Außenstation letztlich zu verdanken." ("Landsdowne: Br[other] Fisher (left Br[other] Hettasch), a colored master builder, founder of the regular sermons in L[ansdowne] ultimately, the foundation of the outstation is due to him."). The picture shows a man of mixed origin who wears a light colored vest, light colored trousers and a white shirt. Next to him on the left side a man of European origin. He wears a dark suit and glasses. The chain of a pocket watch hangs outside his vest. Behind them a wheelbarrow and in the background a white house. Written on the card board: 14.2.34. P. Theile." Otto Gerhard Hettasch was born in 1871 in Clarkson, South Africa. He was of European origin and worked as a missionary in West Himalaya from 1900 to 1911 and then in South Africa West from 1920 to 1964. Hettasch was a teacher at the teachers training school in Genadendal and later worked in Moravian Hill and Elim. He died in 1964 in Belleville, South Africa.
clergy indigenous populations men portraits

Authors

Theile, P

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12487
Dates
1934-02-14
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic prints, 6.8 x 11.1 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Cape Town South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m12487 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-2-09638
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/849f05fde0995264bafb50e9635d5f95

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