"Station de Belo s/Tsiribihy" ("Mission station in Belo s/Tsiribihy"). The lower porch columns are made of concrete and the roof is later thatched with corrugated iron.

Arrival of the baggage at the first mission station in Adis Abeba, Adis Abeba, Ethiopia, 1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

Photograph of Ethiopian workers carrying chests into a house with three stories, a veranda and a corrugated iron roof. To the left high eucalyptus trees are visible.

Camp near Tokkee Giyorgis, Ethiopia, 1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

Ca. 5 tents in the wilderness, before one of the tents the smoke of a campfire can be seen. The picture was taken on the first mission caravan to Aira.

Dietrch Waßmann sen. at the Managasha Mountain, Ethiopia, 1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

To the left a grazing horse, to the right Dietrich Waßmann sen. cf. picture no. ELM/AE/Fotos - 100 -- Dietrich Waßmann (1897-1954) was a missionary of the Hermannsburg mission in …

Two students at girls' school, Calabar, Nigeria, ca.1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

Horamana is the taller of the two . She has been two years in the School. Her companion (note the look of fear in her eyes) has just arrived" The …

Leaving on safari, Chogoria, Kenya, 1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

“Going out to preach & treat sick.” Group portrait of orderlies, teachers and porters preparing to leave on an out station safari. On these trips dispensaries would be set up, …

Mission couriers with their teacher Charles in Mahajanga, Madagascar

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

Couriers of the Société des missions évangéliques de Paris (Paris evangelical missionary society) with their teacher Charles in Mahajanga. The couriers are children of people who work for the Société …

Celebration of a baptism, Tanzania, 1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

"Taufe eines europ. Kindes. Tengeru? (T. von Heidi Strassburger)" ("Baptism of a European child. Tengeru? (T. [i.e. Baptism(?)] of Heidi Strassburger)"). Missionary Blumer and other men, women and children on …

Mules crossing the river Uwa, Ethiopia, 1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

Three mules wading through the river Uwa, a tributary of the river Birbir. The photograph was maybe taken by Adolf Müller. -- Adolf Müller (1905-1936) was a mission artisan of …

Chogoria hospital, Kenya, 1928

USC: University of Southern California · 1928 English

“Hospital as it was in 1928. New TB ward being built on right.” Exterior view of the hospital at Chogoria with beds placed outside. The hospital was built in 1925. …