cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8644
title: Landscape at Lake Malawi, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Landschaft am Nordende des Nyassa-Sees." ("Landscape at the north end of Lake Nyassa."). In the foreground a tree, on the left partial view of a hill, on the right partial view of the lake.; Imprinted words on the image, difficult to read. Possibly: "Nordende am Nyassa See" ("North end of Lake Nyassa").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8630
title: Reconstruction of the church building with mason's apprentices, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Maurerlehrlinge am Kirchneubau." ("Rungwe. Mason's apprentices at the reconstruction of the church."). View of a building-site with five workers, one missionary and four apprentices, who are engaged in bricklaying. Two brick walls are already erected.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8650
title: Landscape with Mbeya mountains, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Safwalandschaft mit dem Mbejezug." ("Utengule. Safwa landscape with the Mbeya range."). Distant view of a mountain range across a wide tree and grassland area.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8810
title: Schoolboys of the central school, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca.1929-1940

description: "Rungwe. Schüler der Zentralschule. v. Schw. Gysin" ("Rungwe. Schoolboys of the central school. [Taken] by S[ister] Gysin"). Five standing young men. Four are wearing shorts and shirts, one a shirt and a cloth around the hips. In addition one boy is wearing a tie, another has long socks.; 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-m8676
title: Map of the Nyasa mission area, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Nyassa. Missionsgebiet." ("Nyasa. Mission area."). Drawn map with Lakes Rukwa and Nyassa [now Malawi], the eight rivers -- Lupa, two different rivers called Songwe, Sanzibi, Mbalizi, Nkana, Kibila [now Kiwira] and Lufvlio --, the seven areas -- Inamwanga [on what is now the Tanzania-Zambia border], Ukinga, Bulambya, Inyika with the mission station Mbozi, Safwa with the mission station Utengule, Bundali with the mission station Isoko, Konde with the mission stations Rungwe, Kyimbila, Rutenganio, Mwaja [now Mwaya], Ipyana [now Ipanya] and the mountain Rungwe. A road connects Mwaja with Utengule and the Inamwanga area.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8646
title: View of Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Blick von der Höhe auf die Stadt." ("Utengule. View of the town, seen from the height."). In the foreground a garden, on the left a roof of a house or shelter, on the right a house with a cross on the roof, in the background the town wall and some houses.; Parts of the image have been destroyed by light.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8793
title: An assistant with his family, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca.1929-1940

description: "Eingeborener Missionsgehilfe mit Familie. v. Schw. Gysin" ("Native mission assistant with family. [By] S[ister] Gysin"). In the background two thatched buildings. In the foreground the standing family: the man, wearing a colored suit and a peaked cap, is in the center. On his left side his wife and youngest daughter, on the right the eldest child - a son - and the elder daughter.; 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-m8720
title: African children at play, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Spielende Negerkinder. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Playing native children. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background some houses and large trees; on the left an African woman seated in the grass. In the foreground two African children playing on the ground: one is almost covered with a mat and the other is watching the photographer.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8667
title: Group portrait of the assistants, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Unsere Helfer." ("Utengule. Our assistants."). Group portrait of 26 African men, taken in front of a building: Almost all of them wear European-style suits, many wear hats, a few carry books or hold a walking stick.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8773
title: Foot of an African suffering from jiggers, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Sandflöhe. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Jiggers. Dr. O. Fischer"). Side view of a foot with crust formation at the heel and around the toes.; Cf. photo no. 8750.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8716
title: Konde women and children, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Gruppe von Kondefrauen. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Group of Konde women. Dr. O. Fischer "). Under a group of banana trees three women and three children: the women wear strips of bast, held by a string around the hips and hanging down to the ankles. They have painted faces. The woman on the left wears spiral ornaments around the lower legs and carries a child on her back, just as the child on the right does.; For the preparation of the clothing cf. photo no. 8693. -- See also: Theodor Meyer: Die Konde. Ethnographische Aufzeichnungen (1891-1916) des Missionssuperintendenten Theodor Meyer von den Nyakyusa (Tanzania), p. 70. Hohenschäftlarn: Klaus Renner Verlag, 1989.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8718
title: African mother and child, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Mutter und Kind. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Mother and child. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background hill areas. A seated woman wearing a piece of leather nurses a small child seated on her lap.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8751
title: Lepers with medical staff, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Isoko. Behandlungshaus im Leprakrankenhaus. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Isoko. Treatment house in the leprosy hospital. Dr. O. Fischer"). Grass-roofed brick house. In front of its door two seated and three standing African men and one standing European woman. The woman is writing something in a small exercise book; an African assistant, wearing a white gown and cap, is talking to one of the seated patients; the other men are watching and/or listening.; Cf. photo no. 8705.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8731
title: African women pounding corn, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Kondeland. Frauen beim Maisstampfen. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Konde country. Women pounding corn. Dr. O. Fischer"). On the right a thatched rectangular house built of wood and bamboo canes. In front of it a standing African child and a man; between them two African women pounding corn in one wooden mortar. In front of the mortar a flat basket with corn beside another container.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60303
title: Girl fishing in the church yard, Hikone, Japan, ca. 1938

description: Photograph of a young girl "fishing in the church yard." She crouches down to set her pole in the water as four other girls, three wearing traditional clothing and one wearing a western style dress, watch. The backs of all five girls face the camera. "In Hikone rented compound - local Christians enjoy fishing an important Japanese pastime."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2491
title: Street scene in factory village near Shanghai, China, ca.1920-1930

description: "Street in a factory village near Shanghai." Two women and a child are gathering materials into a basket in the foreground of the scene.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2485
title: Houses along canal in Suzhou, China, ca.1920-1930

description: "Soochow"  Connected houses with stone foundations abut a canal.  An arched bridge is in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2962
title: Irrigation device for pumping water into rice fields, Fujian, China, ca.1920-1930

description: "Pumping water from one [land?] to another. This is the way they flood the rice field." Five individuals are working on the device.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60312
title: Smiling Japanese girl holding a long-handled bowl, Japan, ca. 1937

description: Photograph of a smiling Japanese girl holding a long-handled bowl with both her hands. She looks up at the photographer. Behind her is a stone wall.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60299
title: Girl carrying her baby brother, Hikone, Japan, ca. 1937

description: Photograph of a girl carrying her baby brother on her back. Dressed in a school uniform, she holds her arms behind her back to help support the baby. "The girl carried her chubby brother every day to Fr. Whitte's summer school on the shores of Lake Biwa near Hikone."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2540
title: Interior of church in Qingzhou Shi, Shandong, China, ca.1891

description: "Tsing-chou-fu Church" This is an interior view of the church facing the pulpit from behind the wooden pews. There are stained glass windows on the wall behind the pulpit.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m5769
title: Bridge over river, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, ca.1911-1913

description: "Big Bridge, Foochow." Numerous pedestrians walking across the bridge.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60194
title: Group of children standing outdoors, Japan, ca. 1937

description: Photograph of eleven children wearing western clothing standing outdoors. The boy fourth from the left wears a sweater with an airplane design on the front. Behind the group a bit of a large white building can be seen. "You can find this happy group of youngsters playing near Fr. Boesflug's church any day."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60273
title: Farmers standing next to basket full of grain harvest, Japan, ca. 1937

description: Photograph of two farmers, a man and a woman, standing on either side of a large woven basket full of grain. The man wears a straw hat with a large brim. The woman holds a handful of grain. Behind them in the distance are partially harvested fields and a building.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2489
title: High school girls playing basketball, St. Mary's School, Shanghai, China, ca.1920-1930

description: "St. Mary's Girls, An Episcopal Missionary School, Shanghai."   Four girls in uniforms are playing basketball.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60304
title: Fishing in Hikone, Japan, ca. 1937

description: Photograph of a "fishing scene in Hikone - The men drive the fish into the net (held by man at bottom of picture) with their long poles. The fish are shipped to all parts of Japan to stock lakes and ponds."
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m60272
title: Mr. and Mrs. Osame, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

description: Photograph of "Mr. and Mrs. Osame" taken on their wedding day. Mr. Osame wears glasses and a tuxedo and tails. Mrs. Osame wears a traditional kimono and a long veil. She carries a paper fan.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m2484
title: Bridge over a canal at Suzhou, China, ca.1920-1930

description: "Soochow."  A woman is crossing a stone bridge over a canal, with congested housing in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m6015
title: "Old Timers' Club" at the Mission at Meixien, China, [s.d.]

description: This is a photograph of "Meixien Mission 'Old Timers' Club' first annual meeting. Tiam Pau, fourth from left front row." Tiam Pau holds a walking stick and a hat.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m297
title: Union Bible Chapel, Yantai, China, 1881

description: Interior view of Union Bible Chapel in Chefoo [Yantai], China, facing front of church. Shows pews and altar area with extensive fruit and floral decorations, as for a harvest celebration. Two banners above the altar area read "Oh Bounteous is the Harvest" and "O Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness."; Alfred George Jones and Minnie Agnes Crawford, daughter of J. P. Crawford of Tsing Chou Fu, Shantung, were married in the Union Bible Chapel in 1881 by the Reverend Miles Greenwood.  Alfred Jones arrived in China from England in 1876 to become a missionary of the Baptist Missionary Society.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8677
title: Church building, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca.1932-1933

description: "Rungwe. Kirche. Erbaut von den eingeborenen Christen. 1932/1933" ("Rungwe. Church building. Built by the native Christians. 1932/1933"). In the background different types of trees. Side view of a Neo-Romanesque grass-roofed building with a tower situated on a hillock.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8745
title: Residential building, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "(Isoko.) Hütte in Bundali. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("(Isoko.) Hut in Bundali. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background large banana trees. In the foreground a grass-roofed rectangular house with two open doors. In front of the doors two African women, seated on stools, and two children, crouching nearby. The woman on the left is nursing a child.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8670
title: African workers at an electric carpenter's bench, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Tischlerei. Eingeborene an der Arbeit." ("Rungwe. Joinery. Natives at work."). In the background a circular saw, on the left the turbine tube. In the foreground three Africans, wearing shirts and shorts, work on a plank at an electric carpenter's bench.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8750
title: Leper at a well, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Isoko. Leprakranker am Brunnen. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Isoko. Leper at the well. Dr. O. Fischer"). A young African is washing his hands under the running water from a water pipe. The well is fenced in with bamboo canes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8665
title: Head teacher Jona with his family, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Hauptlehrer Jona und Familie." ("Rungwe. Head teacher Jona and family."). In the background two grass-roofed houses. In the foreground an African couple and a small girl. He wears a white suit, holding his child in his arms; she stands right beside him wearing a kind of dark dress and one bangle.; Cf. photo no. 7493.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8627
title: Large students' house, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Ein großes Schülerhaus." ("Rungwe. A large students' house."). Two Africans in front of a large grass-roofed rectangular house with two circular buildings at both narrow ends.; Cf. photo no. 7377.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8733
title: African female porters, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Lastträgerinnen im Kondeland. Dr. med. O. Fischer." ("Female porters in the Konde country. Dr. O. Fischer."). Five young African women, wearing colored or patterned clothes, carry baskets with ears of corn on their heads.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8695
title: Medical examination in the Sangu grassland, Nyasa, Tanzania,1929

description: "Malariauntersuchungen (Sangusteppe) Dr. O. Fischer" ("[Serial] malaria examination (Sangu grassland) Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background some large trees. On the right the grass roof of a house and 11 standing African boys wearing a simple cloth around the hips or neck. On the left back view of a car with lowered rear flap serving as a table for the medical equipment and medicines (license number: -105). In the foreground stands a European man, most likely Dr. med. Fischer, who is examining the eyes of a boy.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8679
title: Building of a church, Old Ileya, Tanzania, ca.1927-1939

description: "Alt-Ileya. Die Christen dort haben eine neue Kirche gebaut und werfen Grasbündel auf dem [sic] Dach. Th. Tietzen." ("Old Ileya. The Christians there have built a new church and throw bundles of grass on to the roof. Th. Tietzen."). View of a building site with a rectangular building made of wood, straw and/or bamboo canes, partly already covered with mud, ca. ten African workers and some bundles of grass. Two men stand on the roof construction and receive the bundles of grass which are thrown on to the roof by the other men.; Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8693
title: The harbour, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Daressalam. Blick auf den Hafen. Dr. O. Fischer" ("Dar es Salaam. View of the harbour. Dr. O. Fischer"). View of the Indian Ocean with a sailing-boat, seen through palm trees.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8647
title: Town wall of Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Durchbrochene Festungsmauer der Stadt." ("Utengule. Perforated fortification wall of the town."). In the foreground the wall, on the left tall euphorbia, in the background high mountains.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8649
title: Chief's residence, Kitangarara, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Kitangarara. Häuptlingssitz." ("Kitangarara. Chief's residence."). Open site surrounded by banana and other trees with a grass-roofed round house, a shelter, some groups of seated Africans and a missionary seated under the right tree.; Imprinted on the image: "Kitangarara (Häuptlings-Sitz.) Ost-Afrika. No. 287." ("Kitangarara (Chief's residence.) East-Africa no. 287.").
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8689
title: Boys and young men, Upper Safwa, Tanzania, ca.1927-1939

description: "Eine Gruppe Männer und Jünglinge. Hochsafwa. Th. Tietzen" ("A group of men and youths. Upper Safwa. Th. Tietzen"). In the background some trees. In the foreground a group of ten standing men and ten seated boys. Almost all of them wear a simple unicolored cloth tied around the hips or neck; many wear bead necklaces, some wear bangles or beaded head-bands, five have painted their bodies with white paint and two have feathers in their hair.; Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8682
title: A young jackal, Nyasa, Tanzania, ca.1927-1939

description: "Ein junger Schakal. Th. Tietzen" ("A young jackal. Th. Tietzen"). In the background large trees and the edge of a tile-roofed house. In the foreground the jackal.; Photo partly damaged by small scratches and dots. -- Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8757
title: Sister Else Schärf with the Sunday school children, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Schwester Schärf mit ihrer Sonntagsschule. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Sister Schärf with her Sunday school. Dr. O. Fischer"). In the background on the left a two-storied and tile-roofed house. In the foreground a group of 27 African children under a large tree: three girls are standing, the others are seated. On the left Else Schärf, standing beside the singing group and playing a guitar.; Else Schärf (born 1892, year of death unknown) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. She was a deaconess and received training not only as a nurse but also in the care of mothers and lepers. She served from 1928 for many years at the leprosy hospital in Isoko.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8686
title: Landscape with church and residential buildings, Rutunda, Tanzania, ca.1927-1939

description: "Rutunda. Kirche und Wohnung unsers Helfers in R.[,] dem Zentrum unserer Arbeit in Hochsafwa. Th. Tietzen" ("Rutunda. Church building and dwelling of our assistant in R[utunda,] which is the center of our work in Upper Safwa. Th. Tietzen"). Distant view of four thatched rectangular houses with some trees. In the foreground a road, fields and footpaths.; Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8752
title: Lepers with medical staff, Isoko, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Isoko. Behandlung Aussätziger im Leprakrankenhaus. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Isoko. Treatment of lepers in the leprosy hospital. Dr. O. Fischer"). On the left the thatched treatment house; in the background a fence made of bamboo canes. On the right a group of ca. 20 crouching or seated Africans. Among them a standing African assistant with a medicine bottle in his left hand. In the center a group of four standing African men and a male patient seated on a chair. A European man and woman are treating and examining this patient.; Cf. photo no. 8704. -- 1 photo included from the box of duplicates.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8651
title: Two African women, Utengule, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Utengule. Perlenflechterinnen." ("Utengule. Female plaiters of beads."). In front of a grass-roofed house there are two African women, both wearing bead necklaces, bracelets and a belt of beads around the hips. The woman on the left is seated; the other standing women is pregnant and has a painted navel.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8661
title: Natural lava bridge across the Kiwira River, Nyasa, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Naturbrücke über den Kiwira im Kondeland." ("Natural bridge across the Kiwira in the Konde country."). Side view of a natural lava bridge across a river with six persons standing on it.; The river was named "Kibila", "Kibira" and "Kiwira". Today it is called Kiwira, situated near the southern border to Malawi. -- Cf. photos no. 7721 and 7800.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8681
title: Church building, Utengule, Tanzania, ca.1929-1939

description: "Utengule. Kirche." ("Utengule. Church building."). Distant view of a Neo-Romanesque church with a tiled roof surrounded by trees and bushes.; Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8687
title: Mission house, Mbozi, Tanzania, ca.1927-1929

description: "Mbozi. Missionshaus[.] Th. Tietzen" ("Mbozi. Mission house[.] Th. Tietzen"). Worm's-eye view of a residential building, trees and a neatly laid-out garden: on the left the two-storied rectangular house, taken from the main entrance side, with a porch and a tiled roof; on the right trees and the garden situated on three different ground levels.; Theodor Tietzen (1893-1973) was a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. Having married Hildegard Marie Lenz in 1921 and served in South Africa (West) from 1922 to 1927, he moved to East Africa, where he served in Mbozi till 1929 and in Utengule till 1939. In the 1950s he returned to South Africa.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8629
title: Blacksmith's shop at the industrial school, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe: die Schmiede in der Industrieschule." ("Rungwe: the blacksmith's shop in the industrial school."). View of the interior of a blacksmith's shop with one missionary and one African working on metal tubes.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8774
title: Feet of an African suffering from jiggers, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Sandflöhe. Dr. med. O. Fischer" ("Jiggers. Dr. O. Fischer"). Side view of two feet with crust formation at the heel and around the toes.; Cf. photo no. 8749.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8812
title: Schoolboys of the central school, Rungwe, Tanzania, ca.1929-1940

description: "Rungwe. Schüler der Zentralschule. v. Schw. Gysin" ("Rungwe. Schoolboys of the central school. [Taken] by S[ister] Gysin"). Five young men wearing shorts and shirts. In addition one boy is wearing a vest.; Additional information on the second copy: "Rungwe. Industrieschüler" ("Rungwe. Students of the industrial school"). -- 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-m8792
title: The joinery's truck on a bridge, Rungwe, Tanzania, [s.d.]

description: "Rungwe. Tischlereiauto auf einer provisorischen Brücke" ("Rungwe. Joinery's car on a provisional bridge"). Side view of a truck standing on a wooden bridge. One African man is standing and two are seated on the loading space, two Africans are seated in the cabin and two are beside the vehicle.
DOI: 10.25549/impa-m8758
title: Sangu grassland after burning the grass, Nyasa, Tanzania, 1929

description: "Sangusteppe nach dem Abbrennen des Grases. Dr. med. O. Fischer." ("Sangu grassland after burning the grass. Dr. O. Fischer.").