cover image: Missionaries eating breakfast on a journey, East Africa, 1892

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Missionaries eating breakfast on a journey, East Africa, 1892

1892

"Br Kretschmer, Br Bachmann frühstücken 1892." ("Br[other] Kretschmer, Br[other] Bachmann are having breakfast 1892."). Four white people, among them Missionaries Johannes Kretschmer (left) and Traugott Bachmann, having breakfast in the shade of a tree on their journey along the upper Zambezi River. Imprinted on the image: "Reisefrühstück. Ostafrika. No. 360.d" ("Travel-breakfast. East Africa. No. 360.d"). Photo included from the box of duplicates. -- Photo is yellowed. -- Johannes Kretschmer (1867-unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in Rungwe from November 1892 to 1894, in Rutenganio from 1894 to 1902 and from 1904 to May 1916. In 1894 he married Anna, née Wicke. -- Johann Traugott Bachmann (1865-1948) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served in the year 1892 in Makapalile and from November 1892 to 1899 in Rungwe. In June 1899 he founded the station in Mbozi where he served until 1911 and from 1913 until his internment in 1915. He was married to Elisabeth, née Künzel (1872-1949).
clergy travel group portraits

Authors

Unknown

Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5277
Dates
1892
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic print, 13.5 x 9.4 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Malawi
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Malawi
Reference
impa-m5277 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-HRN-BOX-NYA-1-00466
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/22239538d08d139300960587d08204ff

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