South Africa
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| John Clark Collection |
Prince of Wales Hotel. Pietermaritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
Church Street in 1880, with at least three hitching rails in view on an earthen surface. Although most of the buildings here are gone, the general appearance of the street is easily recognizable by a modern citizen. The best building is the double-storied block of Edward Stantial the chemist. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Prince of Wales Hotel, proprietor G. Salomon, as it looked in the period 1875-80. Originally built about 1840 as a 4-roomed cottage, it was owned by J.N. Boshof, a civil servant in the new colonial government, who later became president of the Orange Free State. |
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| John Clark Collection |
An 1864 view of two important buildings long since gone. The one on the left is the Colonial Bank of Ntal complete with customers' hitching rail and the other is the original Plough Hotel. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A satirical cartoon entitled Compensation from Dushani by G. Summer ridicules the meager compensation - a few goats - obtained by military action against an ill-behaved tribal chief. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Another view of the Government School Room on the occasion of the opening of the 1858 session of the legislative council by Lieutenant-governor R.W. Keate (1867-72). |
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| John Clark Collection |
An early street lamp suspended above the door of Caltert's Printing Works in Printing Office Street. In its day it supplied illumination by paraffin, gas, and electricity. It dates back to 1878-80 when the original building was probably erected. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Although no documentary proof is available, according to Hendrick Cloete it was under this acacia tree in Pietermaritzburg that the decision of the republican Volksraad of 5 July 1842 to capitulate was taken. It was a fine example of the ukahamba tree with a spreading flat top. |
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| John Clark Collection |
An interesting picture of the 1890s showing the facade of the Standard Bank and its two guardian oak trees, David and Jonathan. Note the four-wheeler cabs with their sun-canopies. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The old muzzle-loader at the base of the Zulu War memorial. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fraser Lane, Pietermaritzburg. Town Offices 1875-1893 |
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| John Clark Collection |
This 1884 photograph shows the town council chambers in central Church Street. They were used from 1875 to 1893. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Natal Museum. A lady's bedroom at about the time of 1887. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Outside the offices of the Natal Witness, established in 1846, is this fine space of a hitching rail along its modern rival. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Commecrcial Road, Pietermaritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
Corner of Natal Training College 1970 |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Natal Society building opened in February 1878. It is built on shale foundations. Generations of Pietermaritzburg citizens have passed through its doors. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Mason's Mill-Pietermaritzburg Close-up of the side of Mason's Mill, showing (lower aperture) where the wheel was fixed. 1970 |
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| John Clark Collection |
Grey's Hospital 1870 |
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| John Clark Collection |
Modern cadet parade (Maritzburg College) in the 1963 centenary year. |