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112 x 157 mm.

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112 x 157 mm.

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113 x 157 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...

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80 x 55 mm. Half tone cut from a publication. The foundation stone was laid by President Kruger in 1897 and it was used as a hospital by the British military authorities after the city was occupied in 1900.

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205 x 152 mm. Showing the Palace of Justice buildings which stand on the northern side of Church Square opposite the Raadsaal. A three storeyed building with two central towers linked by a dome, it was constructed shortly before the South African War and was first put to use as a hospital for British troops after the occupation of Pretoria in June 1900. To the left of the Palace of Justice, partially obscured by the fountainin the centre of the square, is the Post Office.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...

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This is almost certainly the Peace Thanksgiving Service of 8 June 1902. See H.W. Wi­lson 'After Pretoria' ( 1902), vol 2. pp. 985-987.

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This is almost certainly the Peace Thanksgiving Service of 8 June 1902. See H.W. Wi­lson 'After Pretoria' ( 1902), vol 2. pp. 985-987.

Scope and Contents 202 x 151 mm. Showing part of the amphitheatre and the semi-circular colonnade of the Union buildings, Sir Herbert Baker's first major essay in 'Imperial architecture' on classical models. 'The idea and its power to give dignity and beauty to the instrument of Government and symbol of the Union' owed its origins to Smuts and Botha who dispensed with the usual competition to find an architect, and offered the appointment to Baker on the strength of his work on the Pretoria railway station. ...

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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Collection of modern copies (circa 1932) of original prints circa 1896, which are uncaptioned. The whereabouts of the originals of these copies has not been traced.

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288 x 246 mm. A view from the top of a building looking north along Paul Kruger Street towards Church Square. Church Street West runs off from the square. The print is captioned 'Pretoria' and is signed Caney Photo.'

Scope and Contents Collection of loose prints showing the three pages of the Proclamation issued by S.J. Burger and L.J. Meyer to the Burgomaster of Pretoria on May 29 1900, placing the city under his authority as the Boer Government quitted Pretoria in the face of the British advance. The document, in Afrikaans but accompanied by a letterpress English translation, instructed the Burgomaster to 'call up inhabitants for special services to preserve peace and order,' 'to remove all undesirables out of the...

Scope and Contents 191 x 138 mm. Showing the assembled men of the Pretoria Rifles (450 strong) on parade in the square outside Convent Redoubt. Major Le Mesurier stands in front of the group with C.E. Steele, formerly the financial secretary at Pretoria and assistant commander of the Convent Redoubt (see Du Val, Vol. II p22). Keyed and identified on the print are: A. Fort Commeline on the hill in the distance and B. Military Camp in the background right of centre.Frederick Augustus Le Mesurier (born...

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205 x 152 mm. A view in the southeastern suburbs of Pretoria (possibly at the present site of the university) with the railway line to Lorenco Marques passing across the middleground of the picture, houses beyond and hills in the distance.

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368 x 139 mm. A general view of Pretoria from a neighbouring hillside.

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117 x 67 mm. A photogravure postcard showing the grave by 'H. & Co. P.E. printed in Saxony'.

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The church was built in 1884-85 and pulled down in 1902 as the tower was unsafe.