Booth, R W, fl. 1910 (photographer)
Dates
- Existence: fl. 1910
Biography
R.W. Booth was possibly an administrator in Basutoland (now Lesotho) circa 1910. Booth was an amateur photographer.
Sources: Typescript copy of 'Index to Photographers'.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
A private of the Basutoland Mounted Police, 1910 - 1911
97 x 120 mm. Showing a uniformed private, armed with a rifle, standing at attention beside his horse.
Ascending Mohlesi Pass from Natal, 1910 - 1911
122 x 96 mm. Showing a group of pack horses and a few men climbing the steep grassy pass from Natal into Basutoland.
Border scenery between Langalabelele and Macemoholu Passes, 1910 - 1911
97 x 121 mm. Showing a spur of sheer cliffs jutting out over the valley floor.
Bushman Caves near Miskebe's village on road from Lehlabalhabes to Qache's [i.e. Qacha's] Nek, 1910 - 1911
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.
Caves near Lehlabalhabe's Camp, 1910 - 1911
96 x 120 mm. Showing a similar cliff face to that in the preceding print, with a shallow stream in the foreground.
Chief Rafalakasi and his brother (?) Khucle on visit to Mokhoblang [i.e. Mokhotlong?] Camp and his followers, 1910 - 1911
121 x 97 mm. Showing the Chief and his brother, mounted on horseback, with a retinue of followers riding behind.
Drakensberg : border country in vicinity of Redi Passes, Basutoland-Natal border, 1910 - 1911
96 x 121 mm. Showing a rock face composed, like much of the Drakensberg Range, of sheer cliff interspersed with broken scree.
Drakensberg, krantzes in vicinity of Mokhoblang Passes, Basutoland-Natal border, 1910 - 1911
121 x 96 mm. Showing precipitous krantzes (high rock walls encircling a valley) in the Drakensberg Mountains.
Drakensberg, Nomahadi Pass, leading to (?) Wilzies Hoek, C.R.C, 1910 - 1911
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.
Drakensberg showing Natal in distance, 1910 - 1911
121 x 96 mm. A view looking past a rock face in the Drakensberg Mountains, towards the lower lying land of Natal.
Grave of Natal Carabineers killed in Langalabelele Rebellion at the top of Langalabelele Pass, Basutoland-Natal border, 1910 - 1911
97 x 121 mm. Showing the cairn of stones erected in memory of the Natal Carabineers killed during the rising of 1873.
Mohlesi : showing barrier fences, Basutoland-Natal border, 1910 - 1911
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.
'Mosehanah's Village', road to Qache's [i.e. Qacha's] Nek from Lehlabalhabe's Camp, 1910 - 1911
Showing horses grazing in the foreground with a few huts rather indistinctly visible on the rocky hillside beyond.
Officers' patrol : on the border. A snow blizzard, 1910 - 1911
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.
On an officers' patrol : [illegible] Rock at the foot of Nomahadi Pass, 1910 - 1911
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.
Qache's [i.e. Qacha's] Nek Camp, Basutoland, 1910 - 1911
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.
Typical inland border scenery, 1910 - 1911
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.