Tea, cedar and eucalyptus plants, Kyimbila, Tanzania, ca.1898-1914

"Vordere Reihe: Thee; dahinter Zedern, dahinter Eukalypten in Kyimbila." ("Front row: tea; behind[:] cedars, behind[:] eucalyptus trees in Kyimbila."). An African man, woman, boy and a white girl are standing in front of tea shrubs behind which cedars and eucalyptus trees are standing. Farther back, a man with a mule. Imprinted on the image: "3207".; Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917) was a mission trader of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine in Ipanya from 1898 to 1902 and in Kyimbila from 1903 to 1914. He was responsible for the plantations in Kyimbila and Rutenganio. In 1898 he married Helene Elisabeth, née Kootz (1872-1899), in 1903 Anna, née Schulze.