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

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

"Nach einer Taufe in Kyimbila." ("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. Cf. photo no. 3245. -- The picture was probably taken by Adolf Ferdinand Stolz. -- 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.
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Authors

Stolz, Adolf Ferdinand, 1871-1917

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10870
Date published
1898/1914
Dates
1898/1914
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies, colored slide no. 3650 photographic prints, 17.8 x 12.8 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Kyimbila Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m10870 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-03650
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/a3502a0407d76618c5074a41a392a2c5

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