Taufe in Gonja 1935 ("Baptism in Gonja 1935"). Photograph of an outdoor baptism. A baptismal font is on a chair. Missionary Guth is baptizing an African woman wearing a white dress. Spectators are visible. Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as a pastor. He served in Gonja from 1911 to 1913 and from 1927 to 1938. He left a large number of photographs, mostly taken by himself but including some by members of his family or fellow missionaries.
Authors
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m66343
- Dates
- 1935
- Format
- Photographs
- Pages
- photographic prints, 5.3 x 5.7 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Tanzania
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Tanzania
- Reference
- impa-m66343 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-LPZ-ALBUM-04-1214.tif
- Rights
- Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Paul-List-Str. 19, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany Leipzig Mission USC does not control copyright of the images you are interested in using, so you will need to directly contact the institutions who own the materials. For the publication or re-publication of any images originating from the Leipzig Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-Lutherisches Missionswerk Leipzig e.V., Paul-List-Str. 19, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany; Tel. (0)341 / 99 40 600, Archive 99 40 633, Fax 99 40 690; e-mail: bildarchiv@lmw-mission.de--When requesting images please include the filename (usually begins with "IMP-LPZ").--The following charges are made for the right to publish an image: - for a publication with a circulation up to 500: 10 euros, - for a publication with a circulation of 501 to 1,000: 13 euros, - for a publication with a circulation of more than 1,000 or for use in electronic media, film, television or other audivisual media...
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/64d37e1e88ffdbaf90183f2eee059fd4
