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Title	1. View from the officers' mess in Duala.
Type of title	translation
Original caption	1. Aussicht von der Offiziersmesse in Duala.
Description	Annotation translation: "The mighty Cameroon Mountain (4020 m.) as seen from the south." - "In the haze of evening the large and small Cameroon Mountains can be seen far away. Mangrove woods encroach on the mighty estuary of the Cameroon River. In the foreground dark silhouettes of banana trees whose leaves have been shredded [by wind]." - "Vollbehr Art Postcards, Cameroon."; Annotation: "Der grosse Kamerunberg, von Süden aus gesehen (4020m hoch) Kamerun." - "Im Abenddunst liegt in weiter duftiger Ferne der kleine und der grosse Kamerunberg. In das grosse Strombecken des Kamerunflusses schieben sich Mangrovenwälder hinein und im Vordergrunde schaut man dunkle Silhouetten von zerfetzten Bananenstauden." - "Vollbehr-Künstlerpostkarten 'Kamerun'."; Note: Vorlage: Aquarell von Ernst Vollbehr, datiert 1912.; Note translation: The original was a water-colour by Ernst Vollbehr.
Subject (bmpixs)	coastal view mountain painting estuary volcano
Geographic subject	rivers: Cameroon (river) {other geogr names}; mountains: Cameroon (mountain) {other geogr names}
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Douala {place}
Coverage date	1912
Photo studio (bmpixn)	Basler Mission Trading Company, Duala, Cameroon (publisher / distributor)
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1912
Type	images
Format	print, letterpress halftone, colour (HD); postcard, 9.0 x 13.8 cm.
Legacy record ID	impa-m39783
Part of collection	International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Part of subcollection	Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
Part of repository	mission 21 / Basel Mission
Reference number	QE-30.017.0010
Rights	All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images -- both individuals and organisations -- to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Access conditions	Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
Repository name	mission21
Repository address	mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+4161 260 23 09), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Repository email	info@bmpix.org
Filename	impa-abmpix-25115
Archival file	impa_Volume104/impa-abmpix-25115.tiff

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