Janus: Photographs of South Africa, circa 1900

RCS contains:
<-- See earlier
Y305C	South Africa Illustrated by a series of one hundred and four permanent photographs, Port Elizabeth : R Harris, 1888
Y305D	South and East Africa, 1880s
Y305E	South Africa, circa 1925
Y305F	Views in South Africa, circa 1899
Y305G	Views in Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Pretoria, circa 1890-1900
Y305H	Photographs of South Africa, circa 1900
Y305I	Views in Cape Town, circa 1902
Y305K	Sydney Tyers album
Y305L	Edward John Dunn Collection
Y305M	General C.R. de Wet at Norvalspont concentration camp
Y305N	Portrait of Tiyo Soga
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Photographs of South Africa, circa 1900

Title	Photographs of South Africa, circa 1900
Reference	GBR/0115/Y305H
Creator	Green, Morton, fl 1900 (?)
Covering Dates	circa 1900
Extent and Medium	4 images in 1 file; The prints are in a fair condition.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

A collection of loose photographs. The prints measure approximately 120 x 95 mm and are probably by Morton Green. All the photographs have brief pencilled captions and are numbered on the reverse.

Presented by Morton Green on January 15 1912.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Photographs of South Africa, circa 1900, Y305H

Further information

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche number 165.

Index Terms

Africa

South Africa

Green, Morton (fl 1900)

RCS/Y305H contains:

Canteen stores, Chieveley. 119 x 95 mm. Showing a group of soldiers posed on and beside a loaded ox-wagon. The print is numbered '8507'.
Fair condition, slight yellowing at edges..

circa 1900

Station master's house, Frere. Gen Bullers first headquarters. 119 x 94 mm. Showing the station master's cottage standing on a small rise, with railway goods trucks in the foreground. General Sir Redvers Buller was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the outbreak of the Boer War in 1899, but was superceded by Lord Roberts after defeats at Colonso, Spion Kop and Vaalkrans. The print is numbered '8509'.
Fair condition, slight fading..

circa 1900

Grave of those killed in the armoured train disaster, 15/11/99. 118 x 95 mm. Showing a group of soldiers and civilians standing around the grave of the men killed in the Boer attack on an armoured train near Frere. The print is numbered '8506'.
Fair condition, slight fading..

circa 1900

Boer trenches, Fort Nicholson, Colenso. 118 x 95 mm. Showing three English soldiers standing among Boer trenches and a protective stone wall at Colenso.
Fair condition..

circa 1900