"Calicut. Neuer Websaal bei der Einweihung 1897. Volz, Jans, Gebhardt, Frau Kessler, Fr. Volz, Frl. A. Stokes, Knobloch, Kühner, Kessler. "
Item Details
Title:
"Calicut. Neuer Websaal bei der Einweihung 1897. Volz, Jans, Gebhardt, Frau Kessler, Fr. Volz, Frl. A. Stokes, Knobloch, Kühner, Kessler. "
Alternate title:
"Calicut. The new hall for weaving at its inauguration in 1897. Volz, Jans, Gebhardt, Frau Kessler, Fr. Volz, Frl. A. Stokes, Knobloch, Kühner, Kessler."
Description
Names
Dates
Date early:
1897
Proper date:
1897
Geography
Location:
[Geography]: Asia {continent}: India {modern state}: Kerala {region}: Calicut {place}
People:
Subject
Keywords:
inauguration, interior, religion and philosophy (general), Christianity, mission industry, missionary f, missionary m, table, industry, weaving mill
Individuals:
Gebhardt, Christian (Mr)Name: Gebhardt, Christian (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1300
Date of Birth: 14.08.1870
Date of Death: 24.02.1922
Biography: Assistant Travelling Secretary for the Basel Mission in Germany 1904-6.
Profession: locksmith (Schlosser)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Jans (Mr), Kessler-Bickel, Clemence (Mrs)Name: Kessler-Bickel, Clemence (Mrs)
Date of Birth: 29.09.1874
Date of Death: 30.11.1934
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Kessler, Heinrich Adolf (Mr)
Need more information?, Kessler, Heinrich Adolf (Mr)Name: Kessler, Heinrich Adolf (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1339
Date of Birth: 08.05.1871
Date of Death: 26.02.1934
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Knobloch, Johannes (Mr)Name: Knobloch, Johannes (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1411
Date of Birth: 22.10.1868
Date of Death: 19.11.1928
Biography: As internee in India from 1914 -1919.
Profession: teacher (Lehrer)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Relationships: Tochter/Sohn von: Knobloch, Julius (Mr)
Need more information?, Kühner-Frohnmeyer, Heinrich (Mr)Name: Kühner-Frohnmeyer, Heinrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1464, LV 0295
Date of Birth: 19.03.1871
Date of Death: 24.08.1940
Biography: Basler Missions-Handelsgesellschaft / Basel Mission Trading Company. Internee in India 1914 - 1920. Komiteemitglied 1930-1939, Lehrer 1926-?
Profession: commercial clerk (Kaufmann)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Stokes, William [1867] (Mr)Name: Stokes, William [1867] (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1314
Date of Birth: 11.05.1867
Date of Death: 09.06.1953
Biography: Citizen of Great Britain. From 1930 - 1931 he stayed in Agogo, Ghana.
Profession: doctor; student in a preachers' college (Arzt; Predigerschüler)
Relationships: Bruder/Schwester von: Heinecken-Stokes, Mary (Mrs), Tochter/Sohn von: Stokes, William [1837] (Mr)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
Need more information?, Volz-Hirsch, Sophie Emilie (Mrs)Name: Volz-Hirsch, Sophie Emilie (Mrs)
Relationships: verheiratet mit: Volz, Friedrich (Mr)
Need more information?, Volz, Friedrich (Mr)Name: Volz, Friedrich (Mr)
Basel mission membership number: 1181
Date of Birth: 26.11.1861
Date of Death: 28.05.1953
Profession: weaver (Weber)
Geographic references: Mission area: India {mission area}
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Physical
Type:
Still Image
Format:
[Format]: 19.3cm x 28.8cm
[Condition]: medium
[Process]: b/w positive, paper print, albumen
Identifier
Reference:
QU-30.016.0042
Citation:
Reference: BMA QU-30.016.0042
Title: "Calicut. Neuer Websaal bei der Einweihung 1897. Volz, Jans, Gebhardt, Frau Kessler, Fr. Volz, Frl. A. Stokes, Knobloch, Kühner, Kessler. "
Creator: unknown
Date: 1897

“Calicut. Neuer Websaal bei der Einweihung 1897. Volz, Jans, Gebhardt, Frau Kessler, Fr. Volz, Frl. A. Stokes, Knobloch, Kühner, Kessler. ,” BMArchives, accessed April 8, 2026, https://www.bmarchives.org/items/show/84623.
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