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KwaZulu-Natal, Province of (province)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

Mail Coach off to Transvaal Gold Fields, 1880 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/69
Scope and Contents

293 x 244 mm. Showing a stage coach and a team of horses standing on the road, with a group of Africans in European clothes in the foreground. Location unidentified, probably Pietermaritzburg. The print is signed 'E. Caney Photo' and has the caption: 'Mail coach off to Transvaal Gold Fields', and is also numbered 'No 16.'

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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West side of Majuba Hill, 1880 - 1889

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/61
Scope and Contents

291 x 241 mm. A view looking along the valley towards the steep-sided Majuba Hill, scene of the British defeat on February 27 1881 and the death of General Colley, the commander. The Boers made their first assault from the steep western slope. The print is signed 'E. Caney Maritzburg' and has the caption: 'West side of Majuba Hill', and is also numbered 'No. 17.'

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).