Church Council and Missionaries, Elim, South Africa, 1935

"Kirchenrat und Missionsgeschwister in Elim am Jubelfest der Kirche" ("Church council and mission brethren in Elim at the church's jubilee"). A group of women and men posed in front of a building, probably the church. The women are wearing white dresses and headscarfs, the men are wearing suits. Willibald Paul Schaberg (1900-?) was a missionary in South Africa West from 1929 to 1939 and again from 1948 onwards. It is not known when he stopped working or died. -- In 1935 the church of Elim celebrated its 100th birthday.