cover image: Congregation after a christening ceremony, Kyimbila, Tanzania, ca.1898-1914

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Congregation after a christening ceremony, Kyimbila, Tanzania, ca.1898-1914

"Teilnehmer nach einer Tauffeier in Kyimbila" ("Participants after a christening ceremony in Kyimbila"). A large group of Africans, some of them dressed in white, standing or sitting in front of tall trees. Three missionaries and two white children are standing among them. Imprinted on the image: "3245". Cf. photo no. 3650. -- Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.
clergy religious communities missionary work group portraits

Authors

Stolz, Adolf Ferdinand, 1871-1917

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10791
Date published
1898/1914
Dates
1898/1914
Format
Colored slide no. 3245 Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 15.9 x 11.8 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Kyimbila Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m10791 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03245
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/94abc69b0e767e5ac01d7b8c2d65aada

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