Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"A priest's house." A Catholic priest leans out the window of his small wooden house. The back of the postcard has a few lines of handwriting on it and is …

“Tanganika ̶ Une Hale dans la forêt.” Missionary fathers walk along a horse drawn cart on a road in the forest. Two missionary sisters rest at the side of the …

“Im Hain bei Moschi” (“In the grove near Moshi”). At the coffee table under a huge tree: B. Gutmann and wife, Sister E. Vierhub, another sister, another missionary (standing) and …

"Inamwanga: Prüfung einer Schule." ("Inamwanga: Inspection of a school."). In the background a grass-roofed house. In the foreground a group of circa 12 children, two adult Africans and two missionaries …

"Missionar Guth spricht mit einem Paremann" ("Missionary Guth talking to a Pare man"). In front of a round house thatched with plant fiber. Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the …

Zug der Täuflinge zur Kirche ("Procession of the baptizands to the church"). Procession of people wearing bright clothes in front of a church. Walking ahead a priest and sideways a …

"Betsileo (Madagascar). - 8. - Les enfants de choeur." A number of young choirboys are shown gathered before a stone building. An indigenous Catholic priest sits before them, while a …

"Station Mamba von Süden" ("Mamba station from south"). On the right the station, surrounded by a hedge, the house is partly covered by trees. A trail leading towards it. In …

Serie VI - Opere di Religione." "Missione del Kenya Catecumenato femminile - 91" A Catholic missionary sister stands behind a long row of female catechumens assembled for the photograph. The …

"Straße in Tanga mit Schwester Frieda Jentzsch." ("Street in Tanga with sister Frieda Jentzsch.") Photograph of sister Frieda Jentzsch standing at the corner of a street of houses with porches. …