| Title |
Photographs of the South African High Commission Territories 1910-1911 |
| Reference |
Y30546A |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1910–1911 |
| Extent and Medium |
90 images in 1 box; photograph; Prints are generally in fair condition. |
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| Content and context |
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Contains prints of various sizes with handwritten captions on the reverse and taken by various photographers: E.S.W. Green (Sub-Inspector of Police, Basutoland), R.W. Booth (Clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate, Bechuanaland), Quartermaster Sergeant Fosdyce [i.e. Fosdyke] (Bechuanaland Protectorate Police), Lieutenant G.B. Moseley (Sub-Inspector of Police, Bechuanaland) and others unidentified. The photographs break down into geographical units thus: Y30546A/1-14 Basutoland [now Lesotho], E.S.W. Green; Y30546A/15-31 Basutoland, R.W. Booth; Y30546A/32-44, Swaziland, photographer unknown; Y30546A/45-54, photographer unknown; Y30546A/55-60, Bechuanaland, E.O. Butler; Y30546A/61-70, Bechuanaland, Q.M.S. Fosdyke B.P.P.; Y30546A/71-77, Bechuanaland, Lt G.B. Moseley; Y30546A/78-81, Lt G.B. Moseley; Y03546A/82-90, Bloemfontein, Southern Rhodesia, Batchelor.
They were originally collected for the Visual Instruction Committee.
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| Further information |
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Indexed
This box is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche number 149.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Botswana |
| South Africa |
| Swaziland |
| Zambia |
| RCS/Fisher/Y30546A contains: |
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On the Drakensberg. 81 x 138 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing a sheer cliff face in the Drakensberg Mountains in south-eastern Basutoland.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Poor condition, fading in from edges.. |
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An officer of the Basutoland Mounted Police on 'trek'. 83 x 141 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing an unidentified police officer standing beside his tent in an overcoat in a snow-covered landscape in the Drakensberg Mountains.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Fair condition, slight fading at edges.. |
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Basutoland Mounted Police during a hut tax collection tour. 142 x 82 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing a group of native officers standing behind African women and children in a mountain village in Basutoland. In the early years of the century, hut tax was the main source of revenue in the territory.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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Football match in a government camp at Quthing, Basutoland. 141 x 82 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing African youths playing football in a government camp.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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Langalabalele Rising Memorial in the pass between Natal and Basutoland, now called the Langalabalele Pass. 141 x 82 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing two officers of the Basutoland Mounted Police standing in front of the cairn erected in memory of six troopers of the Natal Carabineers killed during the rising of 1873. The rising took place when men of Langalbalele's clan returned from the diamond mines with unauthorised guns. Having ignored orders to answer this charge, Langalabelele fled into Basutoland with an armed force. After successfully repulsing the government forces sent against him, he was betrayed by Jonathon Molapo, captured and condemned to life imprisonment on Robben Island. He was brought back to the mainland after agitation by Bishop Colenso and others.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Fair condition, some fading in from edges.. |
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'The Cathedral', Drakensberg Mountains. 141 x 80 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing the Cathedral Peak in the Drakensberg Mountains.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Good condition, apart from slight fading.. |
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Pack horses on trek, Basutoland. 139 x 82 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing groups of loaded horses moving across flat grassland with hills in the distance. Caption under photograph reads: 'The above photograph shows wool packs on 'trek.' The method adopted to keep the animals from passing each other, which would be extremely dangerous on narrow mountain paths, is to tie a rope, generally made from horse hair, from the tail of one pony to the bottom lip of the pony behind.'.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Fair condition, some fading.. |
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'Sinqu Pass'. 139 x 81 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). A view looking along the pass, the floor of which is partially obscured by clouds. Caption under photograph reads: ''Sinqu Pass' the Lesoto name for orange; the Basuto hold that the 'Orange River' does not rise at Mt Aux Sources but at a point about 15 miles south. Hence the name Sinqu has been given to the pass. The above photograph is taken facing Natal.'.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Good condition, apart from slight fading.. |
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View in the Drakensberg Mountains. 82 x 140 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing a sheer rock face in the Drakensberg Range. Caption under photograph reads: 'The above photograph shows the extraordinary natural boundary between Natal and Basutoland formed by the Drakensberg. The sheer drop continues for a distance of about 70 miles broken at intervals by passes into Natal.'.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Fair condition, slight fading at edges.. |
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'The Buttress' on Mount Aux Sources. 82 x 140 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). A view looking towards the Buttress, all but the summit of which is concealed by mist. Mount Aux Sources lies in the Drakensberg Mountains near the Transvaal-Basutoland border and was, until 1951, thought to be the highest peak in South Africa.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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A mountain church. 138 x 82 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). Showing a large crowd of Basuto women seated in front of a small stone church with thatched roof. Caption under the photograph reads: 'Services are not held every Sunday, but when the visiting minister does put in an appearance the people from many miles round flock to the place of worship. The churches are generally used for school purposes during the week.'.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Good condition, but some yellowing along top edge of print.. |
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Mt Aux Sources in the Drakensberg. 134 x 81 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). 10, 763 feet above sea level. A view looking towards the flat topped peak of Mount Aux Sources, in fact 10, 822 feet above sea level.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Fair condition, slight fading.. |
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Maletsunyane Falls. 82 x 140 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). A view looking upstream along the Maletsunyane River towards the 630 foot waterfall generally known as the Lehiban Falls after Father Francois Lehiban, who made the first recorded visit to the spot in 1881. The gorge itself is generally known as Semonkong, 'the place of smoke.' Caption under photograph reads: ''Maletsunyane Falls' 630 ft, one of the grandest sights in Basutoland.'.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Poor condition, overall yellowing and some fading.. |
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Valley of the Maletsunyane River. 82 x 140 mm (loosely mounted on foolscap paper with notes beneath the photograph). A view from the top of the rock face over which the Lebihan Falls drop, looking down and along the Maletsunyane River Gorge.
Creator: Green, Edward Scott Waring, fl 1911, sub-inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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Drakensberg, Nomahadi Pass, leading to (?) Wilzies Hoek, C.R.C. 96 x 122 mm. A view looking along the track which clings to the lower slopes of the rock faces at the edge of the Nomahadi Pass in the Drakensberg Mountains.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Poor condition, overall fading.. |
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Drakensberg, krantzes in vicinity of Mokhoblang Passes, Basutoland-Natal border. 121 x 96 mm. Showing precipitous krantzes (high rock walls encircling a valley) in the Drakensberg Mountains.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Poor condition, extensive faded and yellowing patches.. |
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Drakensberg showing Natal in distance. 121 x 96 mm. A view looking past a rock face in the Drakensberg Mountains, towards the lower lying land of Natal.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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Drakensberg : border country in vicinity of Redi Passes, Basutoland-Natal border. 96 x 121 mm. Showing a rock face composed, like much of the Drakensberg Range, of sheer cliff interspersed with broken scree.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Poor condition, extensive fading and yellowing.. |
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Border scenery between Langalabelele and Macemoholu Passes. 97 x 121 mm. Showing a spur of sheer cliffs jutting out over the valley floor.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition.. |
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Typical inland border scenery. 120 x 97 mm. A view looking along a valley floor along which a small river runs with a flat-topped mountain on the skyline.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition.. |
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Mohlesi : showing barrier fences, Basutoland-Natal border. 121 x 96 mm. Showing a group of trek horses grazing on a slope in the pass, with the barrier fence visible at the right of the print.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition.. |
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Ascending Mohlesi Pass from Natal. 122 x 96 mm. Showing a group of pack horses and a few men climbing the steep grassy pass from Natal into Basutoland.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition.. |
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Grave of Natal Carabineers killed in Langalabelele Rebellion at the top of Langalabelele Pass, Basutoland-Natal border. 97 x 121 mm. Showing the cairn of stones erected in memory of the Natal Carabineers killed during the rising of 1873.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Fair condition, slight yellow staining.. |
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On an officers' patrol : [illegible] Rock at the foot of Nomahadi Pass. 122 x 96 mm. Showing two Africans of the Basutoland Mounted Police standing with a group of pack horses in front of a large split domed rock.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition, apart from small patch of yellow staining.. |
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Officers' patrol : on the border. A snow blizzard. 121 x 97 mm. A slightly blurred view showing pack horses grazing on snow covered land, with a tent and two figures at the left of the print.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Fair condition, some yellow staining.. |
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Bushman Caves near Miskebe's village on road from Lehlabalhabes to Qache's [i.e. Qacha's] Nek. 96 x 121 mm. Showing an African standing with two horses in front of a cliff face. The caves themselves are not clearly visible in the photograph.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition.. |
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Caves near Lehlabalhabe's Camp. 96 x 120 mm. Showing a similar cliff face to that in the preceding print, with a shallow stream in the foreground.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition.. |
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'Mosehanah's Village', road to Qache's [i.e. Qacha's] Nek from Lehlabalhabe's Camp. Showing horses grazing in the foreground with a few huts rather indistinctly visible on the rocky hillside beyond.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition, apart from small stained patch.. |
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A private of the Basutoland Mounted Police. 97 x 120 mm. Showing a uniformed private, armed with a rifle, standing at attention beside his horse.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition apart from small stained patch.. |
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Qache's [i.e. Qacha's] Nek Camp, Basutoland. 120 x 97 mm. A view looking down on the camp from a nearby hill, with cattle grazing in a field in the foreground, a cluster of houses at the right, and mountains in the distance. Situated in eastern Basutoland, the town was founded in 1888 as a site to facilitate the paying of taxes and the issuing of passes.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Good condition, apart from small stained patch.. |
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Chief Rafalakasi and his brother (?) Khucle on visit to Mokhoblang [i.e. Mokhotlong?] Camp and his followers. 121 x 97 mm. Showing the Chief and his brother, mounted on horseback, with a retinue of followers riding behind.
Creator: Booth, R W, fl 1910.
Fair condition, slight overall fading.. |
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Panoramic view of the village of Mbabane. 206 x 155 mm. A view from the neighbouring hill looking down on Mbabane with the race course in the foreground, the village beyond, and alluvial tin workings in the Mbabane River in the background. An interesting view showing the smallness of Swaziland's capital in the early years of the century. Originally a settlement near a cattle kraal established by King Bandzene (1857-1889), tin was discovered in the Mbabane River in 1892 and the arrival of a Special Commissioner who set up administrative headquarters in the village in 1902 gave the impetus for growth. In the 1966 census the town had a population of nearly 14 000.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, but overall faded patches.. |
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Part of the village of Mbabane. 207 x 151 mm. A view looking down on to the small single storey house and commercial premises that line the main street of Mbabane.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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The Residency, Mbabane. 209 x 155 mm. Showing the front façade of the British Residency at Mbabane, a stone bungalow with a corrugated iron roof and a wooden trellis work veranda. A woman and child stands on the steps leading to the veranda. Robert Thorne Coryndon (Resident Commissioner 1907-1916) would have been in occupation at this date.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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The Residency grounds, Mbabane. 208 x 155 mm. A view looking across the Mbabane River (on the banks of which can be seen excavations from alluvial tin mining) towards the Residency grounds. The house is situated on a small rise overlooking the river and is largely obscured by a plantation of trees.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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School children and parents. 207 x 151 mm. A portrait showing a large group of parents and children posed on, and in front of a veranda (presumably the school buildings at Mbabane).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition apart from slight fading at edges.. |
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Coronation service at Mbabane for H.M. King George V. 208 x 155 mm. Showing the open air service held at Mbabane in celebration of the coronation of George V on June 22 1911 . At the right hand stand a row of veterans. Facing the camera is a group of wives and children standing on and in front of the veranda of a bungalow. The third side of the square is made up of a detachment of African troops. In the centre a clergyman stands next to a flag mast. Robert Thorne Coryndon (1870-1925) can be seen at the extreme left of the bungalow group. This service was held at the Government Offices: the view is northwards.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1911 |
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Parade of veterans at Mbabane at the service on the coronation of King George V. 208 x 155 mm. A front view of the row of veterans attending the service held to celebrate the coronation of George V.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1911 |
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The race course, Mbabne. 207 x 150 mm. A view looking along the race course from the finishing posts, with spectators gathered on either side of the track.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, some overall fading.. |
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Swazis gathered for a dance. 203 x 155 mm. Showing a large group of Swazis, many with umbrellas, gathered round a troupe of dancers. In the background are two settlements of huts. The note on the back of the print continues: 'The house and huts in the background are occupied by the Chief Regent of the Swazis when she visits Mbabane.'.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some overall fading.. |
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The falls of the Mbabane River near Mbabane. 208 x 150 mm. Showing a European man and woman standing with their dog on the riverbank beside the small waterfall.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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First Agricultural Show, Bremersdorp. 208 x 147 mm. Showing spectators gathered under a makeshift awning in the exhibition ground. Bremersdorp (now known as Manzini) was named after one Albert Bremer who in 1887 opened a store there. From 1890-1902 (when it was succeeded by Mbabane) Bremersdorp was the administrative centre of the country.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some overall fading.. |
Jun. 1911 |
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View of the village of Bremersdorp. 207 x 151 mm. Showing a horse team pulling a cart along a track in the foreground, with the scattered farms and houses of Bremersdorp visible on the hill beyond.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight overall fading.. |
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Wayside Store and Hotel, Forbes Reef. 208 x 156 mm. Showing the Forbes Reef Hotel ('Walter Bros. Proprietors'), a long single storied building with a wooden trelliswork veranda and corrugated iron roof. Beside it stands the stores, a small circular hut with thatched roof. The town (now abandoned) was named after Alex Forbes, who discovered gold in the region in the late 1870s. It is situated about 15 miles west of Mbabane.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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45
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Prospecting for tin at Mbabane. 152 x 107 mm. Showing Swazis operating a bore of some kind, under the supervision of a European standing in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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A mission station at Mbabane. 139 x 86 mm. Showing three European women and two African servants standing in front of a wooden bungalow, presumably at Mbabane. Neither the mission nor the women pictured have been identified.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, but some overall yellowing.. |
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47
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Falls in the Mbabane River near Mbabane. 140 x 87 mm. A view looking across the small Mbabane Falls.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, considerable overall fading.. |
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Some officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the Swaziland Police. 139 x 89 mm. A formal group portrait showing officers and men of the Swaziland Police, the Africans standing at the back, the Europeans seated and standing in front. None of the figures is identified, but the officer seated in the centre of the front row is presumably Charles Hugh Gibson DSO, who, after service in the BSA Co Police, the Natal Civil Service and the Matabele Rebellion of 1896 was District Commissioner SAC Swaziland 1902-1907 and Assistant Commissioner in charge of Police 1907-1923.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing.. |
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Swazis gathered for a dance. 138 x 87 mm. Showing Swazi dancers gathered in a large circle with a group of spectators to one side. A similar view to Y30546/40 and possibly taken at the same event.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, some overall fading.. |
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50
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A war dance. 140 x 87 mm. Showing a line of Swazi warriors, armed with sticks and clubs, performing a war dance.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, overall fading.. |
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51
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A young Swazi. 87 x 139 mm. A full length portrait of a Swazi man wearing a loin cloth, lion skins and a European waistcoat and carrying a spear.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, overall fading.. |
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52
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Swazi girls. 84 x 138 mm. A full length portrait of two Swazi girls wearing patterned cotton dresses.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, overall fading.. |
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53
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Swazis in typical costume. 89 x 138 mm. A full length portrait of two young Swazi warriors and a girl, the men armed with wooden knobkerries and spears.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, but some overall fading.. |
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54
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Natives selling fowls. 126 x 102 mm. Showing two Swazis (one wearing European trousers and jacket) standing at the roadside holding cages of chickens.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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55
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Washaway near Taungs. 99 x 122 mm. Showing a derailed locomotive and carriages, with subsided track in the foreground. Taungs lies on the Hartz River 80 miles north of Kimberley.
Creator: Butler, E O, fl 1910, clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate.
Good condition.. |
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Washaway near Taungs. 98 x 122 mm. Showing a section of collapsed track hanging over the side of an embankment, with groups of labourers at work repairing the line.
Creator: Butler, E O, fl 1910, clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate.
Good condition.. |
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Tsessebe Dam, Tati Concessions. 128 x 102 mm. A view from downriver looking back towards the dam and reservoir. The Tati Concessions, centred around Francistown, were originally part of Matabeleland. Gold was discovered in the area in the mid 1860s and a mineral concession, which passed through many hands, was obtained from Lobengula in 1869 and lasted up to independence.
Creator: Butler, E O, fl 1910, clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate.
Fair condition, slight overall fading.. |
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Tsessebe Dam, Tati Concessions. 128 x 102. Showing two men (one holding a fishing rod) and a dog on the bank of the Tsessebe Dam reservoir.
Creator: Butler, E O, fl 1910, clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges.. |
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Ancient ruins [two words illegible], Tati Concessions : entrance to building. 126 x 101 mm. Showing a ruined wall and entrance overgrown with vegetation.
Creator: Butler, E O, fl 1910, clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate.
Poor condition, overall fading.. |
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Tati River. 126 x 101 mm. Showing a herd of long horned cattle on the sandy bank of the Tati River.
Creator: Butler, E O, fl 1910, clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate.
Good condition.. |
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Serowe - Bech. Protect. 140 x 83 mm. A view looking over the circular thatched huts of Serowe, the chief town of the Ngwato and first occupied by them in 1902 after the abandonment of Felepye.
Creator: Butler, E O, fl 1910, clerk and Assistant Resident Magistrate.
Good condition.. |
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Native Police at Kazaniela [Kazungula]. 139 x 82 mm. Showing five native policemen standing with shouldered arms in front of a wicker stockade. Beside them stands a European sergeant (possibly Quartermaster Sergeant Fosdyce). Kazungula is a small village in the extreme north-east of the North West District (Chobe).
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant (?).
Good condition.. |
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Chief Lewanika's State canoe and paddlers - Kazungula. 104 x 81 mm. A view from the riverbank showing the long wooden canoe being paddled by a large group of warriors. Lewanika (1842-1916) stands in the centre of the boat wearing a European jacket and hat. Litunga of Bulozi (King of Barotseland) from 1878-1884 and 1885 until his death in 1916, Lewanika (also known as Lubosi) had as one of the prime objectives throughout his reign the strengthening of Luzi power through an alliance with the British authorities. Unfortunately the alliances he made (in the form of concessions in the 1890s) placed him largely under the domination of Rhodes and the later years of his reign were spent in fruitless appeals to England for the nullification of these contracts until finally the Order in council of 1911 incorporated Barotseland into the larger unit of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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Bogali School - Bech. Protect. 140 x 83 mm. A group portrait showing a row of girls with 'whitewash' decorations on faces, arms and legs and wearing what looks like fat bundles of sticks around their midriffs. Probably an initiation ceremony.
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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65
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Linyati River - Bech. Protect. 140 x 83 mm. A view looking across the Linyanti River, with a figure seated on a rock in the foreground and forest on the farther bank. The Linyanti (also known as the Kwando) runs for part of its course along the southern section of the Angola-Zambia border. The negative has written on it the caption 'above the rapids.'.
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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66
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Rapids - Linyanti River, Bech. Protect. 140 x 82 mm. A view looking along the Linyanti towards white water and rapids.
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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67
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Junction of Linyanti and Zambesi, Bech. Protect. 140 x 83 mm. A view from the riverbank looking towards the junction of the two rivers.
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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68
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Gorge - Lobatsi - Bech. Protect. 140 x 83 mm. A view from above looking down into the Lobatsi Gorge south of Serowe and showing a railway locomotive drawing freight trucks along the side of the valley. Beneath the railway is the Lobatsi Dam.
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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69
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Lobatsi Dam - Bech. Protect. 140 x 83 mm. A view from the riverbank showing water pouring over the dam with the reservoir in the background.
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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70
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Baobab tree - Bech. Protect. 140 x 84 mm. Showing a large baobab tree growing in a lightly wooded scrubland.
Creator: Fosdyce, - , fl 1910, Quartermaster Sergeant.
Good condition.. |
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71
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Resident court at Kgama's Kgotla, Serowe, Bech'd Protc. 86 x 86 mm. Showing a large group of Africans seated in the open square at Serowe for a 'Kgotla', or formal meeting of the village called by the headman. The figure addressing the meeting this meeting is probably Khama or (Kgama) III (circa 1830/7-1923), Chief of the Ngwato (Bamangwato from 1875 until his death. The figure is too far away to be identified with certainty.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition, apart from slight overall fading.. |
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72
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Outspanned on the road to Crocodile River [Limpopo], N. Protectorate 1907. 82 x 78 mm. Showing a campsite in the bush with a group of outspanned oxen standing near a wagon and a European squatting beside fire in the foreground.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Fair condition, slight overall fading.. |
1907 |
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73
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A pack horse ready for the road. 87 x 85 mm. Showing a saddled packhorse grazing.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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74
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Cattle watering in the Magalapye River. 87 x 87 mm. Showing a herd of long horned cattle on the sandy riverbank.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Fair condition, a poorly defined print with some faded patches.. |
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75
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A shoot on Kgorwe Flats. 86 x 85 mm. Showing birds and small bucks hanging in camp, with five dogs standing in the foreground.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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Shooting pals. 87 x 85 mm. Showing a European in camp with his horse and dog.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Fair condition, some overall fading.. |
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77
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A point. 87 x 86 mm. Showing a pointer at work in the bush.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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77A
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A view from the train going through Bechuanaland Protectorate. 85 x 85 mm. Negative only.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
negative. |
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77B
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A police station in Bechuanaland Protectorate. 85 x 85 mm. Negative only.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
negative. |
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77C
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Women going to the pits for water, Serowe 1907. 85 x 85 mm. Negative only.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police. |
1907 |
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77D
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A view from the train passing through Bechuanaland Protectorate. 85 x 85 mm. Negative only.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
negative. |
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77E
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A settler's hut on the Chartered Company's, Crocodile River, 1907. 85 x 85 mm. Negative only.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
negative. |
1907 |
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78
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Society Birds' nests, Malokganyane - Nov 8th 1911. 141 x 85 mm. Showing a large group of Society Birds' nests in a tree growing in lightly wooded scrubland, with a figure on horseback at the base of the tree.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
8 Nov. 1911 |
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79
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Bakalagadi with pack oxen, pack slipped, Makgomane, Nov. 12th 1911. 143 x 83 mm. Showing a group of loaded oxen grazing while the pack on one of the animals is adjusted.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
12 Nov. 1911 |
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80
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Bakalagadi with pack oxen : hut tax collection, Nov. 12th 1911. 143 x 84 mm. A similar view to the preceding print but showing the line of pack oxen on the move.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
12 Nov. 1911 |
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81
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Hut tax collection, Nov. 28th 1911 at [?] Ilapei. 142 x 83 mm. Showing a group of Africans being addressed by a European officer of the Bechuanaland Protectorate Police at a camp in the veldt.
Creator: Moseley, G B, fl 1910, Sub-Inspector of Police.
Good condition.. |
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82
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President Brand Statue, Bloemfontein. 51 x 73 mm. Showing the statue of President Brand which stands at the entrance to the Government Buildings in Bloemfontein and was erected through public subscription in 1891. At the foot of the statue is inscribed Brand's motto 'Alles sal reg kom so ekeen sy plig ben' (everything will come right if everyone does his duty).
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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83
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The orchestra (drums and sort of xylophones) accompanying dancers, De Beers Compound. 73 x 51 mm. Showing a group of musicians with a ring of spectators in the background. These are presumably Chopi tribesmen from Portuguese East Africa come to South Africa to work in the mines.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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84
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Rhodes' Statue, Bulawayo. 73 x 51 mm. Showing the statue of Rhodes which stands in Main Street, Bulawayo.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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85
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Rhodes' Grave, Matopos. 73 x 51 mm. Showing the plaque marking Rhodes' grave at the 'World's View' in the Matopos Hills.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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86
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Shingani River Memorial, Matopos. 73 x 51 mm. Showing the grave and memorial of the members of the Shingani Patrol killed in 1893.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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87
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Baobab etc, rain forest, Zambesi. 73 x 51 mm. Showing a baobab tree and other vegetation, with an unsurfaced track in the foreground.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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88
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Victoria Falls Bridge from foot of Palm Kloof. 73 x 51 mm. A view from the Zambesi [i.e Zambezi] River gorge looking up towards the railway bridge completed in 1905.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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89
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Zambesi Bridge from Palm Kloof. 73 x 51 mm. A similar view of the bridge to the preceding plate but taken from a greater distance and higher elevation.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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90
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Native huts, Rhodesia. 73 x 51 mm. Showing a circular thatched hut, with others partially visible in the background.
Creator: Batchelor.
Good condition.. |
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