cover image: Boys shooting with bows and arrows, Tanzania, 1927-1938

Boys shooting with bows and arrows, Tanzania, 1927-1938

"Wer in einen schwarzen Punkt trifft, bekommt einen Preis" ("Whoever hits a black dot wins a pize"). Little African boy removes an arrow from the target (pole). On the right a European house built from bricks and having a corrugated iron roof. Cf. photo no. 893, album no. 3. -- 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-m728
Date published
1927/1938
Dates
1927/1938
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 8.4 x 10.6 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m728 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-03-894
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e9211dec9a86db68c4b937ef97ef8244

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