Rhodesia / Zimbabwe: Empandeni Catholic Mision Bulawayo St. Patrick Native (Vintage Photo 1900s/1910s)

antique original private real photograph from the early 1900s showing scenes from the historic empandeni catholic mission in matabeleland rhodesia present day zimbabwe

the front features a montage of three photos top left native children top right st francis xavier stone church center local teacher empa nelem with his family outside a thatched hut and bottom the st patricks mission in makokoba bulawayo

the reverse contains a contemporary handwritten description in german by the pastor himself detailing his former stations unposted photo paper rare ethnographic and colonial history

on back is written:

oben: empandeni, wo ich zwei Jahre Pastor war.

v.u.h ein Schilluck = Schüler zu Emandeni geformt

mitte: Ein Empandelen - Lehrer mit Familie

unten: St. Patrick Eingeborene Mission in Bulawayo der gr¨ssten Stadst Rhodesien

unique piece

matte gelatin silver print