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111 x 87 mm. Showing an ostrich, watched by a passenger, on the platform at Mochudi (Bechuanaland).

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204 x 156 mm. Showing a procession of women, led by a chanting man. The caption on the reverse reads 'The procession is announcing a wedding to the 'Kgotla', or general meeting, of the Tribe. A 'Kgotla' is arranged whenever the Chief wants to talk to adult males and (on occasion) to women and children. The Bakgatla tribe is widespread, mostly in the Transvaal'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

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207 x 133 mm. view of the town from a promontory.

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207 x 133 mm. view of the town taken from above, but from much closer than Y30549E/2. The photograph is numbered 217.

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207 x 133 mm. view of an African woman and children in front of a hatched clay hut. The photograph is numbered 219.

Scope and Contents Three photographs of the town, now part of Botswana, and one perhaps taken in its environs, by the South African photographer Thomas Daniel (T.D.) Ravenscroft. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation.Ravenscroft began working as a photographer in the late 1880s and established a studio at Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. All four photographs are...