cover image: Partial view of the mission station Rungwe with joinery, industrial school and students' house, Tanzania, 1932

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Partial view of the mission station Rungwe with joinery, industrial school and students' house, Tanzania, 1932

1932

"Rungwe. Tischlerei Gebäude, Turbinenrohr. Industrieschule im Hintergrund. Schülerhütten. v. H.P. Schärf 1932." ("Rungwe. Joinery building, turbine tube. Industrial school in the background. Pupils' huts. [Taken] by H.P. Schärf 1932."). Distant view of the station. In the background a mountain rage, many trees on the left, round thatched houses and on the right rectangular houses. In the foreground on the left the turbine tube and on the right ca. six rectangular houses erected around a square yard. Behind these there are two additional houses with porches. Hans-Peter Schärf (1898-1945) was a mission artisan of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as head of the joinery in Rungwe and was married to Anna Gertrud, née Sikora (born 1904).
buildings landscape mountains general views

Authors

Schärf, Hans-Peter, 1898-1945

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m8669
Dates
1932
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies, color slide no. 7801 photographic prints, 10.5 x 6.5 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Rungwe Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m8669 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-2-07801
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/7e6b7d5dcb40d8bd1ce1b45c74aa46b1

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