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English: One of the oldest photographs from the region of the Gold Coast (contemporary Ghana):

Missionaries of the Basel Mission in Christiansborg (Accra-Osu) around 1860
caption of this picture: Brothers and sisters in Christiansborg, around 1860
Pictured persons: Back row, from left to right, standing:

  • (1) Elias Schrenk, missionary and finance controler
  • (2) Christoph Wilhelm Locher, missionary
  • (3) Herrmann Ludwig Rottmann, missionary and chief-cashier
  • (4) Eberhard Schall, missionary
  • (5) Georg Jakob Lindenmeyer, missionary
  • (6) Matthias Klaiber, missionary

Front row, from left to right, sitting:

  • (7) Caroline Auguste Marie Locher-Dietz, mission sister and wife of (2)
  • (8) Regina Rottmann-Hesse, mulatto, mission sister and wife of (3)
  • (9) Friederike Louise Magdalena Schall-Mugler, mission sister
  • (10) Christiane Sophie Lindenmeyer-Schweickhardt, mission sister
Note to (8): Regina Rottmann-Hesse was descended from a mulatto family of traders in Osu. Her wedding with the chief-cashier of the mission remained one of the few, tolerated mixed-race marriages.
Deutsch: Eine der ältesten Fotografien aus dem Gebiet der Goldküste (heutiges Ghana):

Missionare der „Basler Missionsgesellschaft“ in Christiansborg, um 1860

Original caption: "
Missionsgeschwister in Christiansborg um 1860
"

Folgende Personen sind abgebildet:
Hintere Reihe, von links nach rechts, stehend:

  • (1) Elias Schrenk, Missionar und "Finanzkontrolleur"
  • (2) Christoph Wilhelm Locher, Missionar
  • (3) Herrmann Ludwig Rottmann, "Generalkassierer"
  • (4) Eberhard Schall, Missionar
  • (5) Georg Jakob Lindenmeyer, Missionar
  • (6) Matthias Klaiber, Missionar

Vordere Reihe, von links nach rechts, sitzend:

  • (7) Caroline Auguste Marie Locher-Dietz, Missionsschwester, Ehegattin von (2)
  • (8) Regina Rottmann-Hesse, Missionsschwester, Missionsschwester, Ehegattin von (3)
  • (9) Friederike Louise Magdalena Schall-Mugler, Missionsschwester
  • (10) Christiane Sophie Lindenmeyer-Schweickhardt, Missionsschwester
Original-Anmerkung: zu (8): Regina Rottmann-Hesse stammte aus einer Mulattenfamilie von Händlern in Osu. Ihre Heirat mit dem „Generalkassierer“ der Mission blieb eine der wenigen tolerierten gemischtrassigen Ehen.
Date circa 1860
date QS:P,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Peter A. Schweizer, "Mission auf der Goldküste. Geschichte und Fotografie der Basler Mission im kolonialem Ghana", Basel 2002
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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