Guide to the Lorenz Horn Photograph Album, Erinnerungen an Deutsch-Sud-West Africa, 1909-1912

Summary Information

Title:

Erinnerungen an Deutsch-Sud-West Africa

Creator:

Horn, Lorenz, 1880-1956

Source:

Hooke, Robert

ID:

M350

Date [inclusive]:

1909-1912

Extent:

1 Linear Feet

Repository:

George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011

Abstract:

Photograph album of Lorenz Horn, Sergent of the Landespolizei in German South-West Africa (SWA). Includes ca. 153 photos (four loose) depicting ship's crossing to SWA on the Admiral (Woermann Line), indigenous people, geographic locales (possibly around Gelwater Police Station, Gibeon, where Horn was stationed) and building interiors.

Using These Materials

Processing Information:

Processed by Caroline Moseley, 2019.

Preferred Citation:

Lorenz Horn Photograph Album, Erinnerungen an Deutsch-Sud-West Africa, 1909-1912, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library

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Biographical / Historical

Lorenzo Horn was born in 1880 near Kulmbach, Germany. He was Sergeant and Cavalryman of the Landespolizei of German South-West Africa from ca. 1902-1915; in 1915 Horn was interned after the surrender of the Gibeon Security Guard during World War 1. After the war he lived in Germany with his wife and family. He died in 1956 in Simmelsdorf, Huttenbach, Germany.

Scope and Contents

Erinnerungen an Deutsch-Sud-West Africa, 1909-1912 (Memories of German South-West Africa, 1909-1912). Photograph album of Lorenz Horn, Sergent of the Landespolizei in German South-West Africa. Includes ca. 153 photos depicting ship's crossing to German South-West Africa on the Admiral (Woermann Line); indigenous people; groups of men in uniform, some on horseback; scenery, possibly around Gelwater Police Station, Gibeon, where Horn was stationed; social activities; and building exteriors and interiors.

Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s):

Hooke, Robert

Collection Inventory

Photograph album, Erinnerungen an Deutsch-Sud-West Africa, 1909-1912 (Memories of German South-West Africa)

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