"Une rue de Coumassé, à gauche une factorerie allemande. L'endroit où le reverbère se retrouve était autrefois la place '...' [unleserlich] = saturé de sang, une des places d'execution. "
Item Details
Title:
"Une rue de Coumassé, à gauche une factorerie allemande. L'endroit où le reverbère se retrouve était autrefois la place '...' [unleserlich] = saturé de sang, une des places d'execution. "
Alternate title:
"A street in Kumase, to the left a German trading store. There where the streetlamp is standing used to be the place of executions."
Description
Names
Creator:
Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)Name: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 0627
Date of Birth: 07.10.1840
Date of Death: 06.08.1914
Biography: Ramseyer went to Ghana as a builder and was ordained there in 1875. From 1869 to 1874 he was held captured by the Asante together with J. Kühne. In August 1905 he went on a journey to New York and returned in June 1906.
Profession: builder (Baumeister)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Basel mission membership number: 0627
Date of Birth: 07.10.1840
Date of Death: 06.08.1914
Biography: Ramseyer went to Ghana as a builder and was ordained there in 1875. From 1869 to 1874 he was held captured by the Asante together with J. Kühne. In August 1905 he went on a journey to New York and returned in June 1906.
Profession: builder (Baumeister)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Dates
Date early:
01.01.1900
Date late:
31.12.1908
Proper date:
01.01.1900-31.12.1908
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Africa {continent}: Ghana {modern state}: Ghana {modern regions}: Ashanti {modern region}: Kumase {place}People:
Subject
Keywords:
execution, trade, shop, streetlamp, open space Individuals:
German Trading Companies, Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)Name: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)Basel mission membership number: 0627
Date of Birth: 07.10.1840
Date of Death: 06.08.1914
Biography: Ramseyer went to Ghana as a builder and was ordained there in 1875. From 1869 to 1874 he was held captured by the Asante together with J. Kühne. In August 1905 he went on a journey to New York and returned in June 1906.
Profession: builder (Baumeister)
Geographic references: Mission area: Ghana {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 11.1cm x 16.5cm
[Condition]: bad
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
[Condition]: bad
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
Identifier
Reference:
QD-30.044.0088
Citation:
Reference: BMA QD-30.044.0088
Title: "Une rue de Coumassé, à gauche une factorerie allemande. L'endroit où le reverbère se retrouve était autrefois la place '...' [unleserlich] = saturé de sang, une des places d'execution. "
Creator: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1900-31.12.1908
Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr), “Une rue de Coumassé, à gauche une factorerie allemande. L'endroit où le reverbère se retrouve était autrefois la place '...' [unleserlich] = saturé de sang, une des places d'execution. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 3, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/71699.
Title: "Une rue de Coumassé, à gauche une factorerie allemande. L'endroit où le reverbère se retrouve était autrefois la place '...' [unleserlich] = saturé de sang, une des places d'execution. "
Creator: Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr)
Date: 01.01.1900-31.12.1908
Ramseyer, Friedrich August Louis (Mr), “Une rue de Coumassé, à gauche une factorerie allemande. L'endroit où le reverbère se retrouve était autrefois la place '...' [unleserlich] = saturé de sang, une des places d'execution. ,” BMArchives, accessed May 3, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/71699.
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