cover image: Children awaiting nice things, South Africa East

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Children awaiting nice things, South Africa East

"Indlimkulu. In Erwartung schöner Dinge" ("Indlimkulu. Awaiting nice things"). Four children, three of them wrapped in blankets, one is wearing a drapery, a necklace and bangles, are sitting around a fireplace with several pots and a bowl. Next to them on the right side a dog. Behind them wood (maybe a kraal for animals). In the background hills. 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.
south africa children general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m16003
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
5.5 x 8.1 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m16003 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-10076
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/60cb05dc906136e49750f38f657c5a63

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