Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

"Distant view of African village." View of thatched roofs and scrub surrounding village dwellings. Part of an album of photographs relating to the mission at Blantyre, which was established in …

"Station Schigatini in Nordpare" (Shigatini mission station, North Pare"). Landscape with mission station. Wilhelm Guth (1888-1980), from Zeiskam in the Rhineland Palatinate, studied commerce before joining the Leipzig Mission as …

"Construction du dortoir" ("Construction of the dormitory"). Photograph of a group of African men constructing a dormitory in Ricatla. On the right, Arnold Borel. Photographie d'un groupe d'hommes d'origine africaine …

"23. L'Ethiopie pittoresque - Dire-Daoua - Paillotte Somalie". Several huts fashioned of brush and corrugated metal stand before a long, low building in the background. A few trees are visible …

“Maison pour let hôtes de passage.” Two small, brick houses for guests visiting the mission are shown at the edge of a clearing on the mission grounds. “Edit.: Mission Catholique …

"Regnbue over gjennomgangsveien utenfor stasjonen, Bankim". ("Rainbow over the thoroughfare outside the mission, Bankim".) Road, houses, palms and other vegetation, and the rainbow.

"Der christliche Häuptling Abdieli Muschi von Madschame" ("The Christian chief Abdieli Mushi of Machame"). Abdieli Mushi sitting on a chair with his arms crossed, wearing sun helmet, tie, jersey, shorts, …

"École et maison Thomas" ("School and Thomas house"). Photographie de deux bâtiments de la station missionnaire d'Elim. Au centre de l'image, un homme d'origine africaine tenant un cheval par la …

"Skoeelevdefilering, hovedveien, Bankim". ("Student march, the main road, Bankim".) Children walking in two long lines. An adult here and there. Some houses and palms.

"Auf der Reise. Zebu-Bulle u. Elen-Antilopen in Uhehe, Temben-Bauart." ("On the trip. Zebu bull a[nd] elands in Uhehe, type of tembes."). View of a zebu bull, two elands and six …