cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57216
title: Visitation of the missionary, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: “Leben auf einem Häuptlingskraal. Missionarsbesuch” (“Living in a chief kraal. Visitation of the missionary”). Six men sitting on banks and chairs. Five of them are wearing suits. The one on the left side is wearing draperies and a hat. Behind wood and three other people, two of them obviously women. In the background a hut and a hill.; Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.; c.f. pictures nos. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-7-09991, -09992, -09994, -09996, -09997, -09998, -09999, -10000, -10002.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57837
title: Elias Mzuku and son travelling, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Elias Mzuku und Sohn auf Reisen“ („Elias Mzuku and son travelling“). A man, wearing a suit and a hat is sitting with a child in a cart. A horse in front of it. Fences around and trees in the background.; Elias Mzuku, coming from Tembuland, was an Evangelist in Xentu (South Africa).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57548
title: Man with sunshade on a horse, Tabase, South Africa East, 1932

description: „Tabase. Heidnischer Kaffer mit Sonnenschirm zu Pferde“ (“Tabase. Heathen Kaffir with sunshade on a horse“). A man sitting on a horse, holding a sunshade in his right hand. In the background trees and a building.; Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59207
title: Kindergarten slumbertime at Maryknoll Normal College , Manila, Philippines, ca. 1930/1950

description: Photograph of a kindergarten class napping. The students sleep with heads resting on folded arms while Sr. Rose Karen, MM, works at the front of the classroom. "Maryknoll Normal College, Manila. Slumbertime - Kindergarten - Sr. Rose Karen."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m58971
title: Maryknoll Sisters in their convent garden, Malabon, Philippines, March 1929

description: Photograph of Sr. Clotilde, seated on the bench in the foreground, and three other Maryknoll Sisters in their convent garden. The convent is the low building on the right hand side of the photo. The brick building behind it is St. Bartholomew's Church.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59209
title: Sisters and students at Maryknoll College, Pasay, Philippines, ca. 1945-1950

description: Photograph of Maryknoll Sisters and students at Maryknoll College in Pasay. "Soon after our rescue, June 1945, Maryknoll opened in 2 quonset huts in Pasay, just north of Manila. View of quonset from across the street. Group of high school girls and intermediate pupils. 6 Fernando Rein, Pasay, Rizal."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57833
title: Apprentices of the basket maker school, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Lehrlinge der Korbmacherschule tragen ihre Waren zur Bahn“ („Apprentices of the basket maker school are carrying their goods to the train“). Six young women in light-coloured dresses are standing on a road, carrying baskets on their heads. Fences and trees are on the roadside.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57246
title: Working on a maize field, Tabase, South Africa East, 1932

description: „Tabase. Kaffern bearbeiten Maisfeld mit der Hacke“ (“Tabase. Kaffirs working on a maize field with a mattock“). Seven people are working on a field.; Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57247
title: A shepherd boy with a herd of sheep, Tabase, South Africa East, 1932

description: „Tabase. Ein Hirtenjunge mit Schafherde“ (“Tabase. A shepherd boy with a herd of sheep“). A boy is standing, shepherding the sheep. The landscape is marked by mountains and grazing field.; Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57838
title: Rain prayer horsemen near Baziya, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Regengebetsreiter bei Baziya“ („Rain prayer horsemen near Baziya“). A large group of men on horses. They are predominantly dressed in suits, holding their hats and sticks in their hands.; Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57842
title: Tembu medicine man, Baziya, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Baziya. Tembu-Medizinmann“ („Baziya. Tembu medicine man“). A man standing, wearing draperies and a special headdress, holding a bag and another object in his hands.; Johnson W. Silinga, born in Baziya (South Africa East) in 1893, was an indigenous brother of the Moravian Church. He was a mission assistant from 1927 onwards.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59312
title: Hospital Day display on balanced diet at St. Paul's Hospital, Manila, Philippines, 1940

description: Photograph of a display on the importance of a balanced diet "set up just inside the entrance to St. Paul's Hospital, Manila. We won second prize on Hospital Day 1940."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57513
title: Women and children with missionary sisters, Lubumbashi, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Postulaat der Zusters Missionarissen van O.L. Vrouw van Afrika. (Witte Zusters van Kardinaal Lavigerie, Esch-bij-Boxtel). Opper-Congo- Schoolkinderen te Luienga - St. Maria Tongeren." Four missionary sisters are standing amongst a group of women and children.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Brussel.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57551
title: Women weaving, Lulenga, Congo, ca.1920-1940

description: Postulaat der Zusters Missionarissen van U.L. Vrouw van Afrika. (Witte Zusters van Kardinaal Lavigerie, Esch-bij-Boxtel). Opper-Congo - Het vlechtwerk te Lulenga. St. Maria - Tongeren."Two super-imposed nuns oversee several women and girls weaving handicrafts.; The back of the postcard is blank and contains information about the publisher: "Ern. Thill, Brussel.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2421
title: Washing clothes and gathering water, Suzhou, China, ca. 1925-1930

description: "Soochow"  A woman is washing clothes and a man is collecting water from the canal, standing on a small wooden platform attached to stone wall that forms the foundation of a row of houses.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2423
title: Beggars in boat, Nanjing, China, ca. 1925-1930

description: "A Beggar Boat at Nanking. The Woman is asking that money be put in the bag at the end of the pole."   Two women and one child are in a small boat in open water. The older woman is reaching a long bamboo pole up towards the photographer, who probably was standing on a larger boat or on a bridge.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2953
title: Missionaries visiting old examination halls in Fujian, China, ca. 1915-1920

description: "Examination Halls in ? Mr. and Mrs. Darnblaser and Clara ? and Ned Munson." Three missionaries standing in the doorways of ruined examination cubicles.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2424
title: Butcher shop, Shanghai, China, ca. 1925-1930

description: "Butcher Shop Near St. John's University, Shanghai"  Sides of meat and pig heads are hanging in an open stall.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2425
title: Sawing wood, Shanghai, China, ca. 1925-1930

description: "Sawing Wood Near St. John's University, Shanghai"   Two Chinese men are sawing large wooden beam with a cross-cut saw.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2958
title: Boats on river near Ing Hoh, Fujian, China, ca.1915-1925

description: "Ing Hoh Ruins, above Ing Hoh."  Small wooden boats with rounded covers are shown in an area of rough water in the narrow river.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2456
title: Effigy of thief, Suzhou, China, ca. 1925-1930

description: "The shopkeeper was robbed of some silk. Feeling sure who the thief was, but not having legal evidence against him, he hung the man in effigy outside the shop -- Soochow."    Straw effigy with paper head hanging from string outside shop with manacles attached to legs. Sign in Chinese hung on figure and shop door.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2955
title: Confucian Temple with the South Gate and Black Pagoda in the background, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 1926

description: Foochow,  South Gate, Confucian Temple, Black Pagoda, a beautiful Chinese roof. 6/14/26. Print on Kodak Platinum Matte bromide.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57115
title: Wilhelm Blohm and a native doctor, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Missionar Blohm mit einem Kaffer-Doktor bei Sixugulu“ („Missionary Blohm with a Kaffir doctor near Sixugulu“). On the left side Wilhelm Blohm in a suit, with hat, glasses and a small bag. Beside him on the right a man, wearing large draperies and a cap, holding a long stick in his right hand.; Wilhelm Friedrich Karl Blohm, born in 1884 in Keffenbrinck (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1911 he married Marie Bürger. He started his missionary work in 1911 in Unyamwezi (East Africa). After being imprisoned by the Belgians from 1916 till 1917 he returned to Germany. From 1922 till 1945 he worked as a missionary in Baziya (South Africa). He died in Baziya in 1945.--Johannes Vogt (1883-1973) was bishop of the Moravian Church (from 1947 onwards) and has visited Tanganyika in the years 1938 and 1939.; [One picture is yellowed.]
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m56972
title: Treshing, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Kaffern beim Dreschen“ („Kaffirs treshing“). Eleven persons standing on a field: Two women on the left side are holding some objects in their hands (brushes or brooms). The others right to them standing in a row, treshing corn with sticks in their hands.; Theodor Karl Adolf Hartmann, born in 1892 in Urach (Germany), was a missionary in South Africa. In 1960 he became bishop. He died in 1964 in St. Michael’son/Sea (Queenstown/South Africa) and buried in Mvenyane (South Africa).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2457
title: Barber shaving boy's head, China, ca. 1925-1930

description: "A Barber" Barber shaves head of seated small Chinese boy while another standing boy waits. White porcelain basin in front of standing boy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2956
title: View of the South Gate and city of Fuzhou, Fujian, China, 1926

description: "Foochow -- South gate and American Board Compound, etc., Print on Kodak Velvet Bromide, 6/14/26".
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2422
title: Man weaving a basket, China, ca. 1925-1930

description: "China, Basket Weaving" A man is making basket in a small open workshop.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2564
title: Traveling to Kuling missionary resort, Lushan, Jiangxi, China, ca.1925-1930

description: "On the Way up to Kuling"  Chinese men are carrying loads along a narrow road on the edge of the mountain.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m56960
title: Round dance from the schoolchildren, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Reigen der Schulkinder von Magadlo“ („Round dance of the schoolchildren from Magadlo“). A group of children (apparently, all girls) are dancing a round dance. Behind them other people in small groups, some of them sitting, others standing near to two houses. Trees in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6739
title: Africans washing clothes, Mbozi, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Wäsche im Hof von Mbozi." ("Laundry in the yard of Mbozi."). In the background some tile-roofed houses, on the right a water feed pipe: three young male Africans are washing clothes in three tubs with two washboards.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8755
title: A leper washing the wounds on his feet, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Leprakranker beim Waschen seiner Wunden. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Leper washing his wounds. Dr. O. Fischer"). An African man, seated on some bamboo canes at a small pool, is washing his leprous feet.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8806
title: Rear view of the central school, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca.1929-1940

description: "Rungwe. Zentralschule. v. Schw. Gysin" ("Rungwe. Central school. [Taken] by S[ister] Gysin"). U-shaped building with corrugated-iron roof.; Cf. photo no. 7497. -- 1 photo included from the box of duplicates. -- Editha Katharina Gysin (1899-1953) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She served from 1929 to 1940 in Rungwe as teacher and was engaged in the work among women.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8604
title: Missionary Gemuseus saying farewell to Africans, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1931

description: "Rungwe. Abschied von Br. Gemuseus." ("Rungwe. Farewell of Br[other] Gemuseus."). On the right a group of ca. 30 African women is seated on the ground. On the left side view of  Missionary Gemuseus and front view of an old female African with a wooden stick in her left hand: handshaking.; Oskar Gemuseus (1874 - 1959) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as headmaster from 1907 to 1916, as mission superintendent of Nyassa [Nyasa] Province from 1925 to 1930, as bishop from 1932 to 1939. Starting in 1939 he wrote a history of the mission in Nyasa Province ("Wechselnde Gezeiten an den Gestaden des Nyassa"). His wife was Mathilde, née Richter. See his publications: "Mission und Gold", Herrnhut 1936; "Ein Gebundener Jesu Christi (über Fiwombe)", Hamburg 1950; "Sakalija Mwakasungala", Hamburg 1953.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8625
title: Joiner's apprentices at the industrial school, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Industrieschule. Tischlerlehrlinge. (Br. Schärf)" ("Industrial school. Joiner's apprentices. (Br[other] Schärf)"). Interior view of a joinery with eleven Africans and Missionary Hans-Peter Schärf all engaged in making furniture, such as chairs, tables, cupboards etc. One African in the foreground is working on a rifle.; Cf. photo no. 7500. -- Hans-Peter Schärf (1898-1945) was a mission artisan of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as head of the joinery in Rungwe and was married to Anna Gertrud, née Sikora (born 1904).
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6754
title: Msaltulwa and other teachers, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Msaltulwa mit Lehrern in Hochsafwa." ("Msaltulwa with teachers in Upper Safwa."). Group portrait of two(?) standing female, 19 standing, crouching or seated male Africans and one baby.; Photo probably shows Msaltulwa/Msaturwa among other teachers. -- Msatulwa ("The freed"), indigenous name Wasimira Mwashitete born in about 1888 as a son of Chitete. He and his mother fell into slavery in 1891. After working for various owners, he eventually escaped and managed to contact some members of his family. In 1900 he moved to Utengule, where he obtained work with Missionary Johannes Kootz. In 1901 he started to attend mission school and was baptized. He was trained as teacher in Rungwe under Alfred Kruppa in 1903 till 1905. In Utengule he worked from 1905 onwards as teacher, translator of parts of the New Testament into Kisafwa, evangelist and member of the council of church elders. After the First World War he became the first ordained indigenous pastor in the mission province. See: Elise Kootz-Kretschmer (ed.): "Wege, die ich gegangen bin. Erlebnisse des Lehrers von Utengule, Deutsch-Ostafrika, Wasimira Msaturwa Muachitete", Herrnhut 1927. --  Cf. photos no. 11939 and 11940.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8600
title: Assistants' school, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Gehilfenschule mit Rundbau von vorn." ("Rungwe. Assistants' school with circular building, seen from the front."). Group of nine Africans and one European stand in front of a thatched building.; Cf. photo no. 7501.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8609
title: Group portrait of the congregation with Mathilde Gemuseus, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1931

description: "Rungwe. Abschied von Geschw. Gemuseus." ("Rungwe. Farewell to Brother and Sister Gemuseus."). A group of ca. 40 Africans is seated on the ground. Mathilde Gemuseus stands behind them on the right.; Cf. photo no. 7436. -- Oskar Gemuseus (1874 - 1959) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as headmaster from 1907 to 1916, as mission superintendent of Nyassa [Nyasa] Province from 1925 to 1930, as bishop from 1932 to 1939. Starting in 1939 he wrote a history of the mission in Nyasa Province ("Wechselnde Gezeiten an den Gestaden des Nyassa"). His wife was Mathilde, née Richter. See his publications: "Mission und Gold", Herrnhut 1936; "Ein Gebundener Jesu Christi (über Fiwombe)", Hamburg 1950; "Sakalija Mwakasungala", Hamburg 1953.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8608
title: Mathilde Gemuseus distributes salt to the congregation, Rungwe, Tanzania, 1931

description: "Rungwe. Abschied. Schw. Gemuseus teilt Salz aus." ("Rungwe. Farewell. S[ister] Gemuseus distributes salt."). A group of ca. 35 African women is seated on the ground while Mathilde Gemuseus and a girl with a bowl stand in front of them. The European woman pours salt into the open hands of a seated African woman.; Cf. photos no. 7439 and 7440. -- Oskar Gemuseus (1874 - 1959) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. He served as headmaster from 1907 to 1916, as mission superintendent of Nyassa [Nyasa] Province from 1925 to 1930, as bishop from 1932 to 1939. Starting in 1939 he wrote a history of the mission in Nyasa Province ("Wechselnde Gezeiten an den Gestaden des Nyassa"). His wife was Mathilde, née Richter. See his publications: "Mission und Gold", Herrnhut 1936; "Ein Gebundener Jesu Christi (über Fiwombe)", Hamburg 1950; "Sakalija Mwakasungala", Hamburg 1953.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8749
title: Church building and congregation, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Kirche in Isoko nach dem Gottesdienst. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Church in Isoko after the service. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background large trees. Distant view of a thatched building and a large group of Africans and five missionaries. The men stand on the right side and the women with the children on the left.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8834
title: Brickyard of Isoko Mission Station, Isoko, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Die Ziegelei der Station Isoko." ("Brickyard of Isoko Mission Station."). African men are working at the brickyard of Isoko Mission Station. They are digging for clay. The holes in the ground are used as basins for the water which is needed to make the bricks. A group of people in the background is filling the wooden brick moulds. Ranges of mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8787
title: European doctors examining mentally ill Africans, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Bei der Untersuchung von Geisteskranken. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Medical examination of the mentally ill. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background the wall and door of a house. On the right two European men, seated on chairs in the shadow of the house. On the left four African men, seated on a bench in the sun. The Europeans hold notebooks or a file on their legs. One African and one European are talking together.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8779
title: African man suffering from sleeping sickness, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Schlafkrankheit, Frischer Fall. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Sleeping sickness, fresh case. Dr. O. Fischer"). Portrait of an African man, seated on the ground in front of a house.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8746
title: Missionaries having afternoon coffee, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Beim Kaffee in Isoko. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("During afternoon coffee in Isoko. Dr. O. Fischer"). Under a large tree a table, laid out for coffee, with one European man and two women seated at it. From left to right: possibly Dr. Fischer, Elisabeth Zickmantel and Else Schärf.; Martin Johannes Zickmantel (1866-1922) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Marie Agnes Hartmann in 1897, he served from 1898 to 1904 in Rutenganio and from 1904 to 1914 in Rungwe, staying also some time between 1912 and 1914 in Isoko. After the death of his first wife in 1903 in Rutenganio he married Elisabeth Louise Hartmann (1882-1963) in 1906. She served again from 1928 for many years in what is now Tanzania. -- Else Schärf (born 1892, year of death unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess, received not only a training as a nurse but also for the care of mothers and lepers and served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2966
title: Man carrying a large load of paper fiber, Fujian, China, ca.1915-1925

description: "Paper fiber"  A man is carrying a large bundle of paper fiber on his shoulder.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2959
title: Three men plowing a field, Beijing, China, ca.1915-1925

description: "Plowing men, Peking" Three men working in a field with a wood plough pulled by animals including a mule.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59237
title: Maryknoll Sisters Eleanor and Georgia with student nurses on walk along Manila Bay, Manila, Philippines, 1935

description: Photograph of "Srs. Eleanor and Georgia with student nurses on walk along Manila Bay - U.S. warships in distance. Manila 1935" The nursing students are from St. Paul's Hospital, Manila.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5901
title: Statue and priests at Chihli, China, 1911

description: This is a photograph of two priests standing by a larger than life statue outdoors. The statue wears armor and a headdress and stands on a pedestal with his hands on his hips as if he is guarding the location.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57245
title: In front of a hut, Tabase, South Africa East, 1932

description: „Tabase. Vor der Hütte heidnischer Kaffern/ Heidnische Kaffern vor ihrer Hütte“ (“Tabase. In front of a hut of heathen Kaffirs/ heathen Kaffirs in front of their huts“). Approximately five people (among them children) are sitting or standing in front of a round hut. They are wearing indigenous clothing. Domestic animals (chicken, pigs and dogs) are around the hut. An older woman is sitting in the foreground, wearing a headdress and indigenous clothing.; Richard Paul Moths, born in 1872 in Kösen (Germany), was a carpenter. In 1899 he married Helene Ledoux. From 1900 till 1948 he worked as a missionary in South Africa East (Silo, Baziya, Tabase). He died in 1950 in South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m57843
title: Abner Silinga with his wife on the wedding day, Baziya, South Africa East, [s.d.]

description: „Baziya. Der eingeborene Schulinspektor Abner Silinga mit seiner Frau am Hochzeitstage. Die Frau trägt den Schleier über das Gesicht hängend. Dies aus dem vorchristlichen Volkstum übernommen“ („Baziya. The indigenous school inspector Abner Silinga with his wife on the wedding day. The woman is wearing a veil hanging over her face. This is adopted from the pre-Christian folklore”). A bridal couple standing next to a wall or a building. The bride is wearing a white wedding dress, a veil with ornaments in her hair and white gloves. Left to her the bridegroom wearing a dark suit, a white blouse, a necktie, white gloves and a flower in his front pocket. They are holding hands.; Johnson W. Silinga, born in Baziya (South Africa East) in 1893, was an indigenous brother of the Moravian Church. He was a mission assistant from 1927 onwards.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m59311
title: Crowning of Our Lady at St. Paul's Hospital, Manila, Philippines, May 31, 1941

description: Photograph of "crowning of Our Lady in the courtyard of St. Paul's Hospital, Manila 5/31/41." Thirteen nurses and a Maryknoll Sister (second from bottom on right hand side) with hands folded in prayer gather around a stone stairway leading to a statue.