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The governor of the Kiautschou region, Admiral Meyer-Waldeck, introduces Prince Heinrich of Prussia to the Taoist main priest of the country / Photographer: Scherl

African women who have set their sights on the N'Gomatanz. / Photographer: Scherl

After the spring race in Tsingtau, the winner of the horse race is acclaimed in front of the stage / Photographer: Scherl

Beach of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

A nanny with a toddler from a white family in a pram. The car is decorated with flowers on the occasion of the 'Margarit Day' organized by the Women's Association of the Red Cross / Photographer: Scherl

A servant pulls kids in a rickshaw. The rickshaw is decorated with flowers on the occasion of the 'Margarit Day' organized by the Women's Association of the Red Cross / Photographer: Scherl

The slave trader Hassan bin Omari (right) and his accomplices were captured by Wissmann's troops in the colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl

Main factor of the Cameroon Hinterland Society / Photographer: Scherl

The Queen Mother in mission clothes / Photographer: Scherl

Carcass of the Gouvernements service building in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

In the presence of the German Governor Dr. Solf, Samoan women dance a traditional dance to celebrate the birthday of Emperor Wilhelm II / Photographer: Scherl

Picture of a Samoan chief. In his hands he holds a head knife. / Photographer: Scherl

A 'chief' in the capital of the German colony Cameroon with his women. The chief wears a naval uniform, and the women also wear European clothes. / Photographer: Scherl

Chief Muliufi from Samoa, son of Mataafa, sits cross-legged in front of his hut / Photographer: Scherl

The German friendly chief Tamasese / Photographer: Scherl

In the German colony of East Africa, the administration experimented with the use of zebras as mounts. For this purpose a zebra stud was established in Dar-es-Salaam / Photographer: Scherl

Inauguration ceremony of the Protestant Christuskirche in Tsingtau by the officials and officers of the German colonial administration and their family members / Photographer: Scherl

Cottage in the jungle near Iringa in the former colony Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. (Today in Tanzania) / Photographer: Scherl

Samoan devices. / Photographer: Scherl

The natives pull and push a wagon over a railway line in the colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a / Photographer: Scherl

Chinese workers expanding the port facilities of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

In Togo, the Imperial Colonial Officer, District Officer Dr. Gruner, is travelling with several porters to carry out surveying work in the Missahöhe district. / Photographer: Scherl

A German in a rocking chair in his house. A baboon sits on his shoulder / Photographer: Scherl

A German military patrol in the former main street of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

Officers of the German warship SMS Cormoran with a Sanoan chief. 1st row, from left: Captain Lieutenant Engel, Mataafa, Corvette Captain Emsmann, Staff Physician Dr. Gelsam, 2nd row from left: Tolo, Private Secretary Mataafas, First Lieutenant Baron von der Goltz, Tuaefaiva, Interpreter Mataafas, and Truchsess Mataafas. / Photographer: Scherl

The Gouvernements-Lazarett in Tsingtau, built between 1898 and 1902 / Photographer: Scherl

This hospital in Tsingtau has a department for eye diseases, internal diseases and nervous diseases, but also an X-ray facility. / Photographer: Scherl

Construction of a native house in the German colony of Samoa / Photographer: Scherl

Hunter on a hunting trip with a trolley along the Mittellandbahn in the German colony East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

Inhabitants of Samoa on a beach. On the left a man dressed in European clothes / Photographer: Scherl

The former king of Samoa, Mataafa, in exile in Fiji. / Photographer: Scherl

Lanati, Samoan chief and chief of Iva / Photographer: Scherl

Landing bridge in the Kiautschou bay, which is also the entrance to the city of Tsingtau. / Photographer: Scherl

Lemana, high boss in Lealumoenga on Upolu in the German colony Samoa / Photographer: Scherl

German soldiers of the imperial navy in the main street in Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

The Samoan king Malietos and his wife in European dress, the national costume. Malietos was awarded the title of king in 1889 after long feuds. / Photographer: Scherl

Members of the Massai hunted a lion / Photographer: Scherl

View of the governorate hospital of Tsingtau / Photographer: Scherl

City view of Tsingtau with a view of the mission church / Photographer: Scherl

City view of Tsingtau with view to the mission church / Photographer: Scherl