cover image: Woman with child and bucket, South Africa East

Woman with child and bucket, South Africa East

„Frau mit Kind auf dem Rücken, die von weit her gekommen ist, daher einen Eimer mit Nahrungsmitteln usw. auf dem Kopf mit sich trägt“ („Woman with child on her back who has come from far away, therefore she is carrying a bucket with food etc. on her head“). A woman standing in a meadow, wearing draperies, a necklace and a headdress, carrying a child on her back and a filled bucket on her head. On the right side of the picture another person only half visible. A building, a fence and trees in the background. 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.
children women general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m57888
Format
Photographic prints Photographs
Pages
8.1 x 5.5 cm
Place Discussed
Africa South Africa Unknown
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
South Africa
Reference
impa-m57888 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-4-08399
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/e80cbf20013f101239821117c5270fca

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