Pretoria (inhabited place)
Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:
[Tomb of President Paulus Kruger in Pretoria], 1900 - 1910
152 x 205 mm. Showing the grave of President Kruger in the old cenetry at Pretoria, consisting of a massive black marble tombstone topped by a white bust of him (1825-1904). To the left of his grave, in the same plot, is the tomb of his second wife Gezina Susanna Frederika Wilhelmina Du Plessis (1831-1901) whom he had married in 1847. Kruger died in Switzerland and was embalmed and temporarily laid in a vault beoire finally being moved to Pretoria.
Transvaal: Church Square, Pretoria, 1920
Collection of 12 monochrome postcards of the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Transvaal: Government House, Pretoria, 1920
Collection of 12 monochrome postcards of the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Transvaal: Union buildings, Pretoria, 1920
Collection of 12 monochrome postcards of the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
View from Meintjes Kop, Pretoria, Transvaal, 1925
202 x 151 mm. A view looking down from Meintjes Kop over the city of Pretoria, with the Union buildings in the foreground.
View from the Country Club, Pretoria, 1928-07-03
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.
Volunteers, Pretoria Rifles-woodcutting, 1880 - 1881
191 x 141 mm. Showing men of the Pretoria Rifles posed for a group photograph in the countryside outside Pretoria. The unit’s rifles are stacked in the foreground and many of the men hold axes. A printed explanatory caption on the print itself is largely illegible through fading.
West Wing of Military Camp, Pretoria, from the Quarries, 1880 - 1881
194 x 143 mm. A view from the Quarries, with broken rock and a pool in the foreground, looking towards the Military Lines, with the Wagon Laager at the right of the print. In the left foreground, separated from the Military Lines, are a group of tents allocated to Khoekhoen.
Western view of Camp, 1880 - 1881
190 x 142 mm. A duplicate of Y3055A/12 showing a view from the Quarries looking towards the Military Lines, with the Wagon Laager at the right of the print. In the left foreground, separated from the Military Lines, are a group of tents allocated to Khoekhoen.
Wonderboom tree near Pretoria, 1900 - 1910
205 x 152 mm. Showing the large old wild fig tree (over 1000 years old) in the Wonderboom Reserve. With a horse and cart standing in front of the foliage.