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Boer War: Well annotated photograph album 1900-02, with 213…
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Melbourne
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30-Sep-2009
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Boer War: Well annotated photograph album 1900-02, with 213 photographs, featuring British, Ausralian, Nz & Boer troops; scenery, towns, camps & blockhouses; cricket & football; visit of Duke & Duchess of York with triumphal arches; artillery. The unit photographs include 7th Nzmr, Pay Staff, Apc Draft, O.C.& Staff Oversea Colonial Depot, Army Ordnance Corps & Army Pay Corps Cricket Club. Towns & scenes include Newcastle (Natal), Green Point Camp, Bloemfontein, East London, Camps Bay, Cape Town, Simonstown, Standerton, Johannesburg & Durban. Photographs of Boer soldiers include Vryheid Commando, Transvaal Police, Two of the Besieging Boer Armay at Ladysmith, Burghers of the Eastern Transvaal, Ermelo Commando. Other interesting photographs include 'Queenslanders embarking at Capetown Docks'; 'Plague Depot, Capetown'; 'Blockhouse Arch, Newcastle Natal'; 'Taking Orders, Australian Corps'; 'Woodstock Arch Ducal Visit'; 'Kings Arch, Adderly St Cape Town'; 'Simonstown Arch Ducal Visit'; 'Blockhouse Orc'; 'Raadzaal, Pretoria'; ''Long Cecil' made in Kimberley during the Siege'; 'Celebration of the Relief of Ladysmith in Cape Town'. Condition varies, though a fabulous collection with interesting captions. Inspection will reward.
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