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97 x 73 mm (original). An inscription in the cemetery reads 'Tell England ye that pass this monument that we who rest here died content.'

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Collection of monochrome postcards of German South West Africa.

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93 x 125 mm.

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123 x 80 mm. Two laden Africans by a tree.

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127 x 80 mm. Five African boys in flooded landscape.

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194 x 101 mm. Showing a large group of starving Ovambos with bowls in front of them. Probably one of the photographs used by Pritchard in his lecture. 'The pictures he showed of famine-stricken natives were truly appalling.' (Journal of the African Society, 1916-17 p. 5)

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193 x 135 mm. Showing a large group of Africans gathered on a small hill waiting to hear Pritchard speak. The speech probably concerned the changes in law attendant to the occupation and the warning that Africans were to take no part in what was 'a white man's war'.

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190 x 142 mm. A general view of the town of Windhoek with the railway line and station in the foreground and hills beyond on which most of the town is built.

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Collection of monochrome postcards of German South West Africa.

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97 x 73 mm (original) Showing African troops guarding horses. Swakopmund was occupied by Colonel Skinner's column on 14 Jan. 1915.

Scope and Contents 191 x 142 mm. Showing General Botha (who had also been the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa since 1910) escorted by army officers, about to climb into one of the convoy of motorcars for the journey to Windhoek. Karibib had been occupied on May 6 1915 and all German forces had retired to the north. This left Windhoek an easy prize and after surrender negotiations had been carried out over the telephone the convoy seen here set out on May 10. A figure in the background of...

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219 x 140 mm. A view showing waterfront buildings at Mossamedes (Mocamedes) with the sea beyond. This fishing point is situated in Huila Province in south-west Angola, 200 miles south of Benguela.

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72 x 102 mm Full length portrait of Wood standing beside his seated wife in the open air. Arthur North Wood (c. 1862-1908) served with the C.M.S. in East Africa from 1886-1908. He married Eliza Bentley in 1890.

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190 x 132 mm. Showing mounted troops and civilian spectators gathered in front of the Windhoek Town Hall giving three cheers for the King after the Union Jack had been raised on May 12.

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A collection of two loose prints (with modern enlargements) with pencilled captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Photographs by Henry Rudland.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. 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. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...

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190 x 141 mm. Showing General Botha standing on the steps of the Windhoek Town Hall to announce the commencement of a state of Martial Law. Behind him stands a group of army officers, with military and civilian personnel in the foreground. The civilian standing alone at the bottom of the steps to the right is probably the Burgermaster of Windhoek.

Scope and Contents A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. 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. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...

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165 x 147 mm. Showing Botha and two other officers reading a document in the open air. A photograph probably taken at Karibib on the 13th May rather than May 12 as the caption would suggest. Botha returned to Karibib after the proclamation of Martial Law and the request for peace negotiations from the German Governor-General, Dr. Theodor Seitz arrived on the 13th.