cover image: Children's games: girls carrying water, Gonja, Tanzania, 1927

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Children's games: girls carrying water, Gonja, Tanzania, 1927

1927

"Kinderspiele anläßlich des Besuchs von D. Ihmels und Frau in Gonja: Mädchen beim Wassertragen" ("Children's games on the occasion of the visit of Dr. Ihmels and wife to Gonja: girls carrying water"). Crowd forming a circle, on the left side a European. Three girls competing. In the background a house thatched with plant fiber. Cf. photo no. 862, album no. 3. For the house cf. photo no. 849, album no. 3. For the place cf. photo no. 896, 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-m695
Dates
1927
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 10.8 x 7.7 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Gonja Tanzania
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Tanzania
Reference
impa-m695 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-03-861
Rights
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Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/a7953a75f401562ee895cbe2547c3cf8

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