cover image: Annelies Schärf and an African girl, Isoko, Tanzania, ca. 1937-1938

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Annelies Schärf and an African girl, Isoko, Tanzania, ca. 1937-1938

"Annelies Schärf mit Bohas, einem Isoko-Mädchen." ("Annelies Schärf and Bohas, an Isoko girl ."). Annelies Schärf, about 2 years old, and an African girl are stroking a cat. Annelies is sitting on a step. The other girl is standing behind her. One copy is ripped. -- Annelies Schärf was born in 1936. -- Elise Schärf (1892-?) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess and received training not only as a nurse but also in the care of mothers and lepers. She served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
children double portraits

Authors

Schärf, Elise, 1892?

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11818
Date published
1937/1938
Dates
1937/1938
Format
Photographs
Pages
3 copies photographic prints, 6.5 x 9.2 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Isoko Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m11818 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-11276
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/a13e7a40c442873610f6ed49284fd837

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