cover image: School opening in Mamre, South Africa, 1936

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School opening in Mamre, South Africa, 1936

1936

"Schuleröffnung Mamre." ("School opening Mamre."). The school is in the background. Many people are gathering in front of the building. In the foreground a tree and piles of rocks on the ground. On the left a car with an open door. A wooden fence on the left. This picture was taken by Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?). He worked as a missionary in South Africa West, mostly in Elim. He married Elfriede Henriette Johanna Nigrin (born 1898) in Herrnhut near Dresden, Germany, in 1929. It is not known when and where he stopped working and died.
buildings indigenous populations schools conversation pieces

Authors

Schaberg, Willibald Paul, 1900?

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m13296
Dates
1936
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 6 x 4.4 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Mamre South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m13296 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-12467
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/eb35d6f13a95aff112a998ad9a9eac70

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