"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.
Authors
- 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