cover image: Chaga women cutting grass, Machame, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

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Chaga women cutting grass, Machame, Tanzania, ca.1927-1938

"Dsachagga Frauen und Mädchen beim Grasschneiden in Madschame" ("Chaga women and girls cutting grass in Machame"). Six girls in a row using knives to cut the lawn in front of a European building. 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-m1283
Date published
1927/1938
Dates
1927/1938
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 11.2 x 8.2 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Machame Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m1283 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-03-1476
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/4261a93e4d03b74337cf0e35c4e4cdc1

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