"Waschende Frauen a. Volta in Jeji. (Togo) 1928. "
Item Details
Title:
"Waschende Frauen a. Volta in Jeji. (Togo) 1928. "
Alternate title:
"Women doing their washing in the Volta at Jeji (Togo) 1928."
Description
Names
Creator:
Schimming, Otto (Mr)Name: Schimming, Otto (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1361
Date of Birth: 26.08.1872
Date of Death: 12.10.1946
Biography: Internment from 1916 to 1917. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1918 to 1920 and from 1925 to 1927. Commercial clerk from 1920 to 1922. City missioner in Stuttgart from 1922 to 1925 and from 1930 to 1936.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
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Basel mission membership number: 1361
Date of Birth: 26.08.1872
Date of Death: 12.10.1946
Biography: Internment from 1916 to 1917. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1918 to 1920 and from 1925 to 1927. Commercial clerk from 1920 to 1922. City missioner in Stuttgart from 1922 to 1925 and from 1930 to 1936.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
1928
Proper date:
1928
Acquisition year:
1928
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {other geogr names}: Volta (river) {other geogr names}[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {modern regions}: Ashanti {modern region}: Yeji {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
bucket, cloth, laundry, river bank, river scene, vessel, washing, woman Individuals:
Schimming, Otto (Mr)Name: Schimming, Otto (Mr)Basel mission membership number: 1361
Date of Birth: 26.08.1872
Date of Death: 12.10.1946
Biography: Internment from 1916 to 1917. Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1918 to 1920 and from 1925 to 1927. Commercial clerk from 1920 to 1922. City missioner in Stuttgart from 1922 to 1925 and from 1930 to 1936.
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}, Mission area: Togo {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 5.9cm x 8.5cm
[Condition]: good - medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: good - medium
[Type of support]: cardboard
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
D-30.62.015
Citation:
Reference: BMA D-30.62.015
Title: "Waschende Frauen a. Volta in Jeji. (Togo) 1928. "
Creator: Schimming, Otto (Mr)
Date: 1928
Schimming, Otto (Mr), “Waschende Frauen a. Volta in Jeji. (Togo) 1928. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 27, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/57576.
Title: "Waschende Frauen a. Volta in Jeji. (Togo) 1928. "
Creator: Schimming, Otto (Mr)
Date: 1928
Schimming, Otto (Mr), “Waschende Frauen a. Volta in Jeji. (Togo) 1928. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 27, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/57576.
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