"Bei Tabase. Br. Moths zeigt biblische Bilder, Hintergrund Vieh-Kraal, von Aloe umgeben. Links von Br. M. ein Mann unter einer Decke, rechts ein Knabe in Schaffell und ein Kind in Decke" ("Near Tabase. Br[other] Moths is showing biblical pictures, background kraal, surrounded by aloe. To the left of br[other] M[oths] a man under a blanket, on the right side a boy in a sheepskin and a child in blanket"). A European (brother Moths) with two African children. Richard Moths is wearing a coat, glasses and a hat. His right hand is leaning on a stick. One child is wrapped in a fur. All of them are looking on something on the ground (apparently, the biblical pictures). In the background plants. Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.--Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland). c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09446, -09447, IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09541.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m15348
- Dates
- 1933-12-17
- Format
- Photographic prints Photographs
- Pages
- 6 x 10.5 cm
- Place Discussed
- Africa South Africa Tabase
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- South Africa
- Reference
- impa-m15348 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-5-09449
- 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/11126bd4e560551fe7c4e795f3c9797b