"Missionar Kurtz beim Verlesen des Schreibens von Basel am Jubiläum i. Akropong 1928. "
Item Details
Title:
"Missionar Kurtz beim Verlesen des Schreibens von Basel am Jubiläum i. Akropong 1928. "
Alternate title:
"The missionary Kurtz reading the message from Basel at the anniversary in Akropong 1928."
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Dates
Date early:
1928
Proper date:
1928
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {traditional states}: Akwapim {traditional state}: Aburi {place}: Aburi-Akropong {mission district}: Akropong {place}People:
Subject
Keywords:
communication, audience, hat, men's wear, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, missionary m, pulpit, reading, sun helmet Individuals:
Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Kurtz, Heinrich (Mr)Basel mission membership number: 1283
Date of Birth: 02.06.1870
Date of Death: 04.01.1947
Biography: Travelling secretary of the Basel Mission from 1903 to 1933. NB Kurtz' wife Line Kurtz-Hesse was a cousing of Johannes Hesse (in this database). His son Robert, a pastor in Zürich, was the BM's "Secretary for Switzerland & Germany 1946-56.
Profession: secondary school pupil (Realschüler)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 9cm x 6.7cm
[Condition]: medium; physically damaged
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: medium; physically damaged
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.019.0029
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.019.0029
Title: "Missionar Kurtz beim Verlesen des Schreibens von Basel am Jubiläum i. Akropong 1928. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1928
“Missionar Kurtz beim Verlesen des Schreibens von Basel am Jubiläum i. Akropong 1928. ,” BMArchives, accessed July 1, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/70688.
Title: "Missionar Kurtz beim Verlesen des Schreibens von Basel am Jubiläum i. Akropong 1928. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1928
“Missionar Kurtz beim Verlesen des Schreibens von Basel am Jubiläum i. Akropong 1928. ,” BMArchives, accessed July 1, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/70688.
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