"Goldgräber-Wohnung. Dach + Wände aus Gras." ("Dwelling of a gold digger. Roof and walls made of grass.") A European man is sitting on a chair in front of a thatched house. Beside him two Africans are standing. Another European man stroking a dog is standing inside the house. The dwelling is enframed by large trees. Cf. photo no. 10485. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m11540
- Dates
- 1937-01
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- 2 copies, colored slide no. 10624 photographic print, 11.6 x 8.7 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Nyasa Tanzania
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Malawi
- Reference
- impa-m11540 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-5-10624
- 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/1d11cfd68f9a08ede4f12f087e9b16f6
