South Africa
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| John Clark Collection |
This Cartoon which appeared in the defunct weekly The Mosquito and African Sketch in the issue of May 17, 1906. Shows a controverseial situation between the Natal Mercury and the Ilanga LaseNatali, the weekly for blacks first published in 1903. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Extinguisher cartoon |
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| John - Amos Family Photograph |
John on a horseback - Amos family photograph. |
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| Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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| Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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| Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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| Amos Family Photograph |
Amos family photograph. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The artists caption for this sketch is : 'The young emigrants mistakes a kafir goat for a buck.' |
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| John Clark Collection |
Pears soap |
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| John Clark Collection |
The British people celebrated the relief of Ladysmith and the press published patriotic but occassionally sarcastic cartoons. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Town Guard cartoon |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Militia reserves on parade. Cartoon - before boer war |
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| John Clark Collection |
Perhaps the main cause of emigration in the period of 1849-52 was economic distress that prevailed throughout Britian. Bad Harvests, High rents, unemployment bank failures, the collapse of the railway boom in 1847, etc., Threw artisans and farmworkers alike out of their jobs. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Cartoon by G.S Summer , a Natal artist, making fun of the newly amied settlers at Durban. The small boy and the women are scarted to death at their final meeting with a Zulu dock worker. The father is prepared to defend himself with an umbrella. The sketch was made in the 1860s. |
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| John Clark Collections |
Cartoon |
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| John Clark Collections |
Another group of settlers, fortunately not so numerous, were not such admirable types. This sketvh from a Dickens novel shows some of the smart but unscrupulous London clerks who formed part of the emigrants to Natal. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Joseph C. Byne depicted on the 'Emigration Vulture in this sketch by John Sanderson, 1852, when disappointed emigrants were seeing him of giving them false information about Natal. |
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| John Clark Collection |
R. C. Samnelson |
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| John Clark Collection |
Captain Bell, master of the "Conch", who guided the ship over the Bar at Durban while under fire. As a reward, he was offered land by the Natal government but refused. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Left: Mr. Alex Smith. Right: Mr. William Smith |