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DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12701
title: Brother Jonkers, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: "Mamre: Br. Jonkers [=Jonker(?)], farbiger Geistlicher im Ruhestand, jetzt auf dem Büro der politisch. Gemeine tätig." ("Mamre: Br[other] Jonkers [=Jonker(?)], retired colored clergyman, now active at the office of the political congregation."). The picture shows an elderly  man of mixed origin from the side. He wears an old jacket and a white shirt. His hair and beard are white. He stands in front of a dark colored door. Written on the card board: "P. Theile, 1934."; The picture probably shows Josua Jonker (1851, Elim - 1935, Mamre) who was a voluntary evangelist of the Moravian mission and a teacher at Goedverwacht as well as Genadendal. He was promoted to the post of assistant minister and in 1901 ordained as minister. After 1903/04 he served as school principal and minister in Maitland until 1907. In 1902 he, together with two other South African helpers, namely Dietrich and Oppelt, bought the farm Karwyderskraal near Caledon which turned out to be uneconomical enterprise. He served as minister in Mamre from 1907-1913 and in Pella from 1913-1920.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12702
title: Brother Balie and part of his family, Pella, South Africa, 1934

description: "Pella: Br. Balie (Prediger) m. Frau u. 3 Kindern, d. Sohn war Hauptlehrer in Pella, ist nach "Huisvriend" 28 nach Elim berufen." ("Pella: Br[other] Balie w[ith] wife a[nd] 3 children, t[he] son was main teacher in Pella, is appointed to join "Huisvriend" 28 in Elim."). The picture shows a group of  three women and two men of mixed origin. The women wear light colored dresses. The men wear suits and ties. The group stands in front of the entrance of a house. Written on the card board: "P. Theile 1934."; The picture probably shows Michael Zacheus Balie (1878, Genadendal - 1964 , Genadendal) who was a teacher and worked in the mission service in Wittewater from 1924 to 1933 and in Pella from 1933 to 1937. -- "Die Huisvriend" was a publication that was first published weekly and later monthly.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12703
title: Mamre, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: Mamre: 2 Strassen (eine ganz im Vordergrund, am Fusse d. Hügels.) Jedes Haus hat einen Streifen Garten, der z. Bach in d. Mitte führt. Im Hintergrund einige Sandstrecken." ("Mamre: 2 streets (one in the foreground, at the foot of the hill.) Each of the houses has a strip of garden that leads t[o] the creek in the center. In the background some sandy lines."). The picture shows grassland, trees, bushes and fields. A street and trees in the foreground. Houses stand at the foot of a hill on the bottom left. In the distance a row of houses. In the background sandy areas, bushes and grass. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12704
title: Another part of Mamre, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: "Mamre: Ein anderer Teil des Dorfes." ("Mamre: Another part of the village."). The picture shows grassland, trees, bushes and fields in the foreground. On the center right of the picture are the houses of a settlement. In the background are hills. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; There are three small and one big spot on the left side of the photo which are probably due to the reflection of the sunlight while the picture was taken.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12705
title: Two old women, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: Mamre: 2 alte Gemeinschwestern. Die Linke ist 90, die andere um die 80." ("Mamre: two old congregation sisters. The one on the left is 90, the other one around 80."). The picture shows two old women of probably mixed origin sitting. Both wear white cloths around their heads. Each holds a wooden stick. Behind them a fence. On the left branches of a tree. On the right a path and trees. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12706
title: A house, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: Mamre: Häuser im Dorf, die Fenster sind klein, da Glas teuer u. zerbrechlich ist. Dach, eine Schilfart." ("Mamre: Houses in the village, the windows are small because glass is expensive a[nd] fragile. Roof, a reed species."). The picture shows a white building with a thatched roof. In the center of the house is a door. Above it is a little window. On the left side of the house is a little window with wooden shutters. On the left of the picture is a tree. In front of the house is a wall and a fence made of wire. Next to the house is a second house on the right. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12707
title: A house and bushes, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: Mamre: Ein Verächter d. Tradition baute sein Haus etwas anders; man beachte d. sandigen Untergrund vorn." ("Mamre: A despiser [of] t[he] tradition built his house a bit different; pay attention to t[he] sandy ground in the foreground."). The picture shows a building with grey walls and a sloping roof. To the left and right of the entrance door are windows with shutters. Above them are three little windows. On the right side of the house is another window partly covered by bushes. In the foreground of the picture is sand. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12708
title: A street, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: Mamre: Eine bessere Strasse, auch rechts sandig. Rechts vorn (Haus) ein Granatapfelbaum." ("Mamre: A better street, also sandy [on] [the] right. Right [hand] in the foreground (house) a pomegranate tree."). The picture shows a street. Rows of houses on the left and right. On the far right a house with a garden and a fence made of wire. A tree stands in the garden. Next to it a boy. Further down the street are more houses with fences and bushes. In the distance are children who play on the street. The right part of the street seems to be sandy.  Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12709
title: A ruin, Mamre, South Africa, 1934

description: Mamre: Auch eine Ruine ist mitten im Dorf zu finden." ("Mamre: A ruin can be found in the middle of the village, too."). The picture shows a ruin and two boys of African or mixed origin in front of it. The roof of the ruin only consists of the roof beams. There are still some remains of reed on some of the roof beams. The house wall is broken on the left. In the entrance is brushwood. Big branches of trees lie in front of the house. On the right of the house is a wall. In the foreground are to sticks in the shape of divining rods. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12710
title: School, Berea, South Africa, 1934

description: Berea: Schule, d. schwarzen Teile am Glockengerüst sind noch Zeugen d. Brandes (vgl. 9737) /vgl. "200 Birmiss. II. 374." ("Berea: School, t[he] black part on the bell construction are still witnesses [of] t[he] fire. (cf. 9737) /cf. "200 Birmiss. II. 374."). The picture shows a grey building. The corners of the house are painted white as well as a frame around the entrance and the bottom of the house. Above the entrance on the left is a circle with a star inside. On the right is a wooden construction that holds a bell. Behind the house are trees. On the far right is another building. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12721
title: Church, Berea, South Africa, 1934

description: "Berea: Church, rechts unten der Autobus, mit dem Br. Schmidt reist. (vgl. 9670)." ("Berea: Church, bottom right the autobus by which Br[other] Schmidt travels."). The picture shows a big white building with a dark colored wooden entrance door. The right part of the door is open. Next to the church on the right stands an autobus. The church is surrounded by grass, bushes and trees. In the background mountains. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9670. -- Photo no. 9670 shows the autobus. -- Luis Rudolf Schmidt (1872, Elim - 1963, Greyton) was a missionary in Genadendal from 1902 to 1949.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12722
title: School bell, Berea, South Africa, 1934

description: Berea: Glocke an der Schule (vgl. 9735.) mit den Spuren des Brandes, im Hintergr. die Kirche." ("Berea: Bell at the school (cf. 9735.) with the traces of the fire, in the backgr[ound] the church."). The picture shows the top part of a wooden construction that holds a bell. The wood is burned. Where the bell is connected to the wooden beam are two heads of angels. On the bell is an inscription which is difficult to read. In the background is the roof of another building. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12723
title: A group next to a barn, Genadendal, South Africa, 1934

description: "Witvlug: Westlicher Predigtplatz v. Gnadenthal. Die kl. farbige Gemeine neb. d. Scheune, dem Versammlungsraum." ("Witvlug: Western place of sermon of Genadendal. The sm[all] colored congregation ne[xt] t[o] the barn, the meeting place."). The picture shows a group of around 15 men, women and children of mixed origin who stand around a carriage. Next to them on the right a white building. On the left bushes. In front of them two bicyles. In the background trees and a mountain. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9739. -- Photo no. 9739 shows the barn and a group of white people who attended the service.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12724
title: After the sermon, Genadendal, South Africa, 1934

description: "Witvlug: Einige Weisse, die auch zu d. Gottesdienst herbeigekommen waren, vor d. Versammlungsraum. Lks. wie 9738." ("Witvlug: A few white people who also came for the church service, in front [of] t[he] meeting place. Left [hand] as 9738."). The picture shows a small group of  men, women and children of mixed origin who stand around a carriage on the left side of the picture. Behind them bushes and trees. Next to them on the right a barn. In front of the barn four men and a boy of European origin. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9738. -- Photo no. 9738 shows the group on the left from a closer perspective.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12725
title: Landscape,  South Africa, 1934

description: "Naamoport(?). (Kreuzungspunkt d. Bahnlinie Bloemfontain [=Bloemfontein] - Port Elizabeth): Ein Blick in d. Karoo-Wüste. (vgl. 9745/46)." ("Naamoport(?). (Crosspoint [of] t[he] railway line Bloemfontein - Port Elizabeth): A view into t[he] Karoo desert. (cf. 9745/46)."). The picture shows a dry and stony ground with small bushes. In the distance stand some wooden sticks in a line. In the background hills and mountains. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9745 and no. 9746. -- Photo no. 9745 and no. 9746 show pictures of Naamoport(?). It is not clear which place is meant with "Naamoport".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12726
title: Mission houses, Enon, South Africa, 1934

description: "Enon: Die Missionshäuser, etwas rechts Besuchshaus, dann Winkel, Wohnhaus, Küchenhaus, links davon Wirtschaftgebäude, ganz links Kirche + Glocke. Br. Gericke vorn." ("Enon: The mission houses, further right guest house, then shop, dwelling house, kitchen house, left of it farm building, [on] [the] far left church and bell. Br[other] Gericke in the foreground."). The picture shows a couple of buildings. Trees stand behind them. On the far right branches of a bush. On the far left part of a church building. A wooden construction with a bell stands next to it. In front of it a fence. Behind the construction with the bell stands a tree. In the backgound mountains. In front of one of the buildings in the center walks a man with dark colored cloths. Written on the card board: "P. Theile, 1934."; Friedrich Wilhelm Gericke (1868-1944) was a missionary in Labrador from 1896 to 1907 and in South Africa (Genadendal, Elim and Enon) from 1909 to 1935. -- The term "Winkel" (shop) is a word taken from Afrikaans.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12744
title: Church and bell, Enon, South Africa, 1934

description: "Enon: Kirche mit Glocke  /vgl. 9699, 9700, 9741/43,44." ("Enon: Church with bell /cf. 9699, 9700, 9741, 9743, 9744."). The picture shows a church building with two entrance doors on its smaller side. On top of the roof is a cross. Next to the church on the right stands a wooden construction for a church bell. In front of the church is a wooden fence with a wooden gate. Next to the church on the right stand two big trees. More trees stand behind the church. In the background mountains. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9699, no. 9700, no. 9741, no. 9743 and no. 9744. -- Photo no. 9699 shows the bell with its inscription from a closer perspective. Photo no. 9700 and no. 9743 show the wooden construction with the bell from a closer perspective. Photo no. 9741 shows the wooden construction with the bell and the mission buildings opposite the church building. Photo no. 9744 is missing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12745
title: Bell and ringer, Enon, South Africa, 1934

description: "Enon: Der Glökner läutet./ vgl. 9699, 9700/44." ("Enon: The ringer rings [the bell]./ 9699, 9700, 9744."). The picture shows a wooden construction that holds a bell. Next to the construction and covered by trees is a church building. To the left and right a wooden fence and part of a gate on the left. Behind the construction stands a person. Trees in the background. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9699, no. 9700, no. 9741 and no. 9744. -- Photo no. 9699 shows the bell with its inscription from a closer perspective. Photo no. 9700 shows the wooden construction with the bell from a closer perspective. Photo no. 9741 shows the wooden construction with the bell and the mission buildings opposite the church building. Photo no. 9744 is missing.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12746
title: A settlement, South Africa, 1934

description: "Naamoport(?):  Eine Strasse. (vgl. 9740, 9746.)." ("Naamoport(?): A street. (cf. 9740, 9746.)."). The picture shows a street with a dry and stony ground. On the left and right buildings, fences, trees and power poles. In the background a mountain. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9740 and no. 9746. -- Photo no. 9740 shows the landscape around the area. Photo no. 9746 shows more houses of Naamoport(?). It is not clear which place is meant with "Naamoport".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12757
title: Donkeys near a settlement, South Africa, 1934

description: "Naamoport(?): Teilansicht. Links Esels[s]fuhre m. 8 Eseln. Man beachte d. Windturbinen, unerlässlich in d. trockenen Gegend." ("Naamoport(?): Partial view. Left [hand] donkey cariage w[ith] 8 donkeys. Pay attention [to] t[he] wind turbines, essential in t[he] dry area."). The picture shows a donkey carriage on the left. Next to it a house with a canopy and a turbine. In the center of the picture stands another turbine. Two bigger and two smaller houses stand on the right side of the picture. In the foreground a stony ground with grass. In the background flat mountains. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9740 and no. 9745. -- Photo no. 9740 shows the landscape around the area. Photo no. 9745 shows more houses of Naamoport(?). It is not clear which place is meant with "Naamoport".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12758
title: Man ringing a bell, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: Wittekleibosch: Der kaffrische Kirchdiener läutet die an einem Baumast aufgeh. Glocke." ("Wittekleibosch: The Kaffir verger rings the bell that is hung up at a tree branch."). The picture shows a man of African origin with an old suit and a white shirt. He pulls a string, thereby ringing a bell that is hung up at a branch of a tree next to him on the left. In front of his feet lies a hat. Bushes and a fence made of wooden sticks and wire are in the background. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12759
title: Men walking down some stairs, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: Wittekleibosch: Einige Kaffern kommen nach d. Gottesdienst aus d. Kirche." ("Wittekleibosch: Some Kaffirs come out of t[he] church after t[he] church service."). The picture shows five men of African origin. The man to the left holds a bag and a stick in his hand. He stands in front of a tree and looks to the ground. In the center are three men who walk down some stairs and wear light pants. One wears a light colored jacket. The other two wear dark colored jackets. The man in the foreground wears a dark colored jacket, pants and a white shirt. He looks to the ground while walking down some stairs. The stairs lead up to the entrance door of an old building. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12760
title: Groups of men, women and children next to a building, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: Wittekleibosch: Die Frauen u. Mädchen gehen in d. Kirche, die Jungen u. Männer warten noch." ("Wittekleibosch: The women a[nd] girls go into the church, the boys a[nd] men are still waiting."). The picture shows a group of around 30 men, women and children. The women and girls stand close to a building on the right. The men and boys stand in the center and on the left of the picture. On the left a high tree. In the foreground grass. In the background bushes and a hill. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12761
title: Group of men and women, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: Wittekleibosch: Der Ältestenrat v. d. Kirchkammer-Sakristei." ("Wittekleibosch: The council of elders [in] f[ront] [of] t[he] church chamber vestry."). The picture shows a group of five men and four women who stand in front of a building with a corrugated sheet roof. The women stand on the left, the men on the right. The women wear dark colored cloths around their heads and long dark colored cloths around their shoulders. The men wear suits and hold their hats in their hands. On the right in the background are trees. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12762
title: A group of women, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: "Wittekleibosch: Die Frauen neben d. Kirche." ("Wittekleibosch: The women next to t[he] church."). The picture shows a group of around ten or 15 women who stand or sit next to a building on the left. In the background are trees and bushes. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; The photography is a bit blurred.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12763
title: A group of girls and women, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: "Wittekleibosch: Die Frauen u. Mädchen vor der Kirche (Sakristei) nach d. Gottesdienst. vgl. 9747-51." ("Wittekleibosch: The women and girls in front of the church (vestry) after t[he] church service. cf. 9747-51."). The picture shows a group of nine girls,  13 women and five babies who stand or sit in front of a building with a corrugated sheet roof. The girls sit in the first row. They wear light colored clothes. The women stand behind them. They wear dark colored cloths around their heads and shoulders. Some carry babies on their arms. On the left and in the foreground big stones. On the left a field in the background. On the right trees in the background. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9747 - 9751. -- The photos show men, women and children near the church building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12764
title: Interior of the church, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: Wittekleibosch: Inneres der Kirche. Der Vorhang in d. Mitte teilt d. Raum i. d. Woche in 2 Klassenzimmer." ("Wittekleibosch: Interior of the church. The curtains in t[he] middle divide t[he] room into 2 class rooms d[uring] t[he] week."). The picture shows a room with a low ceiling. In the foreground are rows of wooden benches. The floor and the ceiling are made of wood. On the top right of the ceiling seems to be an opening. In the center of the ceiling are convoluted curtains. In the background is a door. Left and right of it hang small blackboards. Above the door are plants that hang down to the left and right of it. Next to the door on the right probably an old piano. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12776
title: Bell, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934

description: "Clarkson: Glocke für ort. vgl. 9762/63. Das Weiße sind Spritzer vom neuen Anstrich d. Glockenstuhls." ("Clarkson: Bell for the village. cf. 9762/63. The white [spots] are spots from the new paint [of] t[he] bell-cage."). The picture shows the top part of a wooden construction that holds a bell. Where the bell is connected to the wooden beam are two heads of angels. On the bell is an inscription which is difficult to read. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; Cf. photo no. 9762 and no. 9763. -- Photo no. 9762 and no. 9763 show the church building with the bell.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12777
title: Gate to the graveyard, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934

description: Clarkson: Friedhofseingang m. holländ. Inschrift, auf der and. Seite wohl kaffrische." ("Clarkson: Entrance to the graveyard w[ith] Dutch inscription, on the oth[er] side probably Kaffir [inscription]."). The picture shows the entrance gate to a graveyard. Between the two pillars of the gate is a beam with a Dutch inscription: "Ik leef en gy zult leven." ("I live and you shall also live."). On the left and right of the gate are walls made of stone and trees. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12778
title: Graveyard, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934

description: Clarkson: Friedhof. rechts u. mitte hinten Europäergräber." ("Clarkson: Graveyard. right [hand] a[nd] center in the back graves of Europeans."). The picture shows grassland in the foreground and graves in the background and on the right. On the right and behind the graves trees. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12779
title: A grave, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934

description: Clarkson: Friedhof. Europäerecke." ("Clarkson: Graveyard. Corner for Europeans."). The picture shows a grave with a frame made of concrete on the left. On the grave a tomb-slab. Behind this grave stands a tree. Behind it is another grave of the same kind. Next to the grave in the foreground are four more tomb-slabs that ly on the ground. In the background stand trees. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m12780
title: A tomb-slab, Clarkson, South Africa, 1934

description: "Clarkson: Friedhof. Grab des Kindes Paul Theodor Weiz gestorben 1867." ("Clarkson: Graveyard. Grave of the child Paul Theodor Weiz passed away 1867."). The picture shows an old tomb-slab with an inscription that is very difficult to read. Written on the card board: "P. Theile. 1934."; The word "gestorben" was not written in the title of the card board. Instead a cross was written before the date 1867. -- Paul Theodor Weiz was probably Ernst Theodor Weiz (1827-1904) and Maria Franziska Weiz' (1835-1916), née Schammer, son. They served as missionaries of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Clarkson from 1864-1868.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13216
title: Church- and schoolbuilding, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: "Wittekleibosch. Kirch- und Schulgebäude. Links Mädchengruppe auf den Gottesdienst wartend, rechts Frauen. Kirchtür umkränzt für Br. Kienemann." ("Wittekleibosch. Church- and schoolbuilding. On the left a group of girls waiting for mass, on the right women. Churchdoor framed for Br[other] Kienemann."). In the center a building with an  entrance on  the right which is decorated. On the left trees and bushes, in the background on the right bushes. On the left  under the tree a group of girls. On the right next to the entrance a group of women.; Johann Kienemann (1896-?), born in Rothau, Alsace. Married Anita Kahlhoefer (born in 1903 in Rama-Kay, Nicaragua) in 1926 in Herrnhut. Was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Bruedergemeine from 1927-37. From 1927-34 in Tinana, from 1934 in Clarkson. In 1937/38 on home leave.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m13217
title: Group of girls in front of a fence, Wittekleibosch, South Africa, 1934

description: "Wittekleibosch. Mädchengruppe vor der Kirche." ("Wittekleibosch. Group of girls in front of the church."). A group of girls in the center, only their torsos are depicted. Behind them a fence. In the background bushes and other vegetation.; -