"Beim chines. Essen auf dem Boot. Missionar Sikemeier, Frau Maurer, Dr. Vortisch. "
Item Details
Title:
"Beim chines. Essen auf dem Boot. Missionar Sikemeier, Frau Maurer, Dr. Vortisch. "
Alternate title:
"Chinese food on the boat. Rev. Sikemeier, Mrs Maurer, Dr Vortisch."
Description
Names
Creator:
Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)Name: Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1507
Date of Birth: 13.01.1878
Date of Death: 25.06.1924
Biography: There is a 35 p. manuscript written by Maisch in the Basel Mission archive giving advice on the use of his negatives as coloured slides and descriptions of the contents of the pictures.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
1913
Proper date:
1913
Acquisition year:
<1925
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
boat, chair, child, doctor m, eating, interior, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary f, missionary m, table
Individuals:
Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)Name: Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1507
Date of Birth: 13.01.1878
Date of Death: 25.06.1924
Biography: There is a 35 p. manuscript written by Maisch in the Basel Mission archive giving advice on the use of his negatives as coloured slides and descriptions of the contents of the pictures.
Profession: carpenter (Schreiner)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Maurer-Ziegler, Emma Valeria (Mrs)Name: Maurer-Ziegler, Emma Valeria (Mrs)
Basel mission membership number: SV 0096
Date of Birth: 14.01.1886
Date of Death: 30.11.1969
Biography: BV ("List of the Brethren") doesn't give the date of Ms Maurer's death. Contradictory data about her name: FR ("Family Register") gives Emma Valeria, SV ("List of the Sisters") Valerie. A.k.a. Ziegler, Valerie (Ms).
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Ziegler, Heinrich (Mr), verheiratet mit: Maurer, Wilhelm Hermann (Mr)
Need more information?, Sikemeier, Wilhelm (Mr)Name: Sikemeier, Wilhelm (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1618
Date of Birth: 30.11.1879
Date of Death: 30.11.1958
Biography: After his return from China Sikemeier was a secondary school teacher in Basel until 1959.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Sikemeier, Eduard (Mr), Tochter/Sohn von: Sikemeier, Wilhelm Everadus (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: China {mission area}
Need more information?, Vortisch, Hermann (Mr)Name: Vortisch, Hermann (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1674
Date of Birth: 18.06.1874
Date of Death: 02.05.1944
Biography: After his return from China Vortisch worked as a doctor (1914-1928) and as an editor of mission publications (1928-1937).
Profession: doctor (Dr. med.)
Geographic references: Mission area: Cameroon {mission area}, Mission area: China {mission area}, Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 8.3cm x 11.4cm
[Condition]: medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
A-30.53.004
Citation:
Reference: BMA A-30.53.004
Title: "Beim chines. Essen auf dem Boot. Missionar Sikemeier, Frau Maurer, Dr. Vortisch. "
Creator: Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr)
Date: <1925

Maisch, Wilhelm Friedrich (Mr), “Beim chines. Essen auf dem Boot. Missionar Sikemeier, Frau Maurer, Dr. Vortisch. ,” BMArchives, accessed June 21, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/50896.
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