cover image: Brother Balie's twin daughters, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934

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Brother Balie's twin daughters, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934

1934

"Woodlands: Br. Balie's Zwillingstöchter. Negativ zurück an Br. P. Theile." ("Woodlands: Br[other] Balie's twin daughters. Negative [was] [given] back to Br[other] P. Theile."). The picture shows two baby girls. The girls wear white dresses. The girl to the left seems to have a lighter hair color than the girl to the right who has dark hair. The girls sit on a checkered blanket in front of a wall. Written on the card board: "1934. P. Theile." Woodlands is an outstation of Clarkson in the west. -- The two girls are probably the daughters of Michael Zacheus Balie (1878, Genadendal - 1964 , Genadendal) who was a teacher and worked in the mission service in Wittewater from 1924 to 1933 and in Pella from 1933 to 1937. -- The negative of the photo was given back to Brother P.Theile.
children girls indigenous populations double portraits

Authors

Theile, P

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m12611
Dates
1934
Format
Photographs
Pages
2 copies photographic prints, 11.1 x 6.8 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Clarkson South Africa
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m12611 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAW-3-09687
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/500b1549b26f04cb683bb260a71607ea

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