South Africa
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| John Clark Collection |
Another Punch cartoon |
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| John Clark Collection |
Barrack Room- For Napier |
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| John Clark Collection |
The two lieutenants Melvill and Coghill of the 24th Regt. whose unsuccessful attempt to escape with the colours ended in their deaths by pursuing Zulus. |
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| John Clark Collection |
'Harry Marry' The famous armored train was used in the war. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Contemporary Cartoon, 1865, of a familiar bedroom scene- the newly-arrived emigrant trying to sleep when bothered by mosquitoes and other insects. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Sir Michael H. Gallwey (1826-1912) An Irishman who emigrated to Natal in 1853 and set up a legal practice in Pietermaritzburg. By 1857 his ability was so widely recognized that he was offered the post of Attorney General, the youngest to be appointed. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Divers working on wrecked "Royal George" |
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| John Clark Collection |
St Paul's, Durban |
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| John Clark Collection |
Maritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
John Rouse Merrith Chard, V.C. (1847-97) Lieut. R.E. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A contemporary sketch of the young churchill by the famous cartooist spy of Vanity Fair. At this time Churchill was a war correspondent in Natal and participated in the armoured train action at Chieveley, where he was captured, 15 November 1899. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Hurrace Hotel |
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| John Clark Collection |
Lieutenants J.R.M. Chard and Gonville Bromhead who shared in the defense arrangements at Rorke's Drift |
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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 |
New ambulance wagon for Durban. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fugitives' Drift A worn historical photograph of the grave of the lieutenants with the cross was sent by Sir Bartle Frere. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A Boer photograph showing the captured guns en route to the Transvaal. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Mr. Cecil Francis, Secretary of the Pietermaritzburg committee of the Simon van der Stel Foundation. His energy and enthusiasm, together with a deep knowledge of Victorian buildings, assisted the restoration committee greatly. |
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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 |
Prince of Wales Hotel. Pietermaritzburg |