cover image: Trade near a waiting train, Ethiopia, 1928

Trade near a waiting train, Ethiopia, 1928

1928

Trade at the tracks: Ethiopian women are seated on the ground offering their goods in covered baskets. To the left and to the right market-women with braided hair. The picture was taken on Hermann Elber's and Ernst Greb's journey to Ethiopia. -- Hermann Elbers (1906-1944) was a carpenter and served the Hermannsburg mission in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1935. He married Martha Böttcher in 1933. -- Ernst Greb (1904-1965?) was a carpenter. He served the Hermannsburg mission as lay brother in Ethiopia from 1928 to 1931.
trade women markets general views
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m59458
Dates
1928-05-01
Format
Photographs
Pages
photographic prints, 10.7 x 8 cm.
Place Discussed
Africa Ethiopia
Provider
California Digital Library
Published in
Ethiopia
Reference
impa-m59458 [Legacy record ID]; IMP-ELM-AE-098.tif
Rights
Archiv des Evangelisch-lutherischen Missionswerkes (ELM), Georg-Haccius-Str. 9, 29320, Hermannsburg, Germany Evangelisches-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM) Hermannsburg 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 Hermannsburg Mission, written permission must be obtained from: Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen (ELM), Georg- Haccius-Str. 9, D-29320 Hermannsburg, Germany; Tel. +49 (0)5052 8785, Fax +4905052 69-222; e-mail: archiv@elm-mission.net; Website: http://www.elm-mission.net. Every image published must be directly accompanied by a credit line beginning 'Evangelisch-lutherisches Missionswerk in Niedersachsen, ...'; together with the reference. archiv@elm-mission.net
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/2d7bfabfd6d19252593638119709e541

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