cover image: Missionary Rother and family at the mission house, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1911-1914

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Missionary Rother and family at the mission house, Gonja, Tanzania, ca.1911-1914

"Das Missionshaus in Gonja von Rosen und Cypressen umgeben" ("The mission house in Gonja surrounded by roses and cypresses"). House thatched with plant fiber having a canopy of corrugated iron roof. Missionary Rother standing in the door, his wife and child sitting on chairs at the path. An African wearing fes and 'kanzu'. Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja (southern Pare) from 1913 to 1917 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
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Authors

Guth, Wilhelm, 1888-1980

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m1361
Date published
1911/1914
Dates
1911/1914
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 10.8 x 7.9 cm. proof print no. 10/ 805a (11.0 x 8.5), "Missionshaus in Gonja" ("Mission house in Gonja")
Place Discussed
Africa Gonja Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m1361 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-05-541
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/3db8a3cbb3848543490257218ed9351a

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