South Africa
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| John Clark Collection |
Early panoramic photograph of Harbor Square. Dutch Reformed Church on the background right, present Voortrekker Museum left. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fort Mistake
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| John Clark Collection |
Chas Barter |
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| John Clark Collection |
Picnic at Imakechuana, 1865 |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fort Mistake |
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| John Clark Collection |
The parsonage, Umzinto Lodge, 1865 |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fort Mistake |
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| John Clark Collection |
Richard 'Dick' King (1813-71) seems to have been a modest man. Regrettably, he gave little or no information regarding his famous ride to Grahamstown. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fort Mistake |
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| John Clark Collection |
Rev. James Archbell |
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| John Clark Collection |
There are in existence very few authentic views of the interiors of trekker houses. This is a reconstruction of a more affluent one made for the Paris Exhibition in 1900. Note the absence of doors and the hunting trophies on the walls. The appointments are very simple. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Mercury Pictorial two girls recruiting men- about 1914 |
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A view of a section of barrack-rooms now demolished. The windows were small and few, and walls thick- a combination which ensured coolness during the Natal summer. |
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| John Clark collection |
Start of Marathon walking race, Durban, early 1900s |
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| John Clark Collection |
Main Street, Estcourt |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fort Napier Offices. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The memorial building commemorates the last battle of the Zulu War, Ulundi, where Lord Chelmsford managed to bring the Zulus to battle in the nick of time, for Sir Garnet Wolseley had arrived to replace him. To some extent, the Ulundi victory brought credit to Chelmsford. |
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The Victoria Bridge, 70 years ago. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sir Bartle Frere, High Commissioner at the Cape, the man who carried most responsibility for the invasion of Zululand and subsequent hostilities. The cost of the war was R24 million but the price in human suffering incalculable. |
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Professor Alan Frederick Hattersley (1893-1976) was born in Leeds, England, in 1893. He studied History at Cambridge and on completing his degree was invited to come out to South Africa and lecture in history at the new Natal University College (NUC) in 1916. |