cover image: Women with children are to see the doctor, Baziya, South Africa East

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Women with children are to see the doctor, Baziya, South Africa East

"Baziya. Frauen mit Kindern beim Arzt" ("Baziya. Women with children are to see the doctor"). Two women, wearing draperies, headdresses, necklaces and one of them also bracelets, are sitting on a bank next to a building. Each of them is having a child on her lap. Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.
children women medical treatment physicians group portraits
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15595
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
5.5 x 8.1 cm
Place Discussed
Africa Baziya South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m15595 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10057
Rights
Contact: Moravian Archives at http://www.archiv.ebu.de Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv Moravian Archives, Unitätsarchiv, Zittauer Straße 24, 02747, Herrnhut, Germany http://www.archiv.ebu.de unitaetsarchiv@ebu.de
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/64779212c9f8688bd7fa9aa793216fa3

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