Photograph album, 1900-2

File

MS. Afr. s. 2374/1

Comprises:

(passim) photographs, comprising:

(fol. 5) 'Governor's House, St. Helena'
(fols. 7, 72) Jamestown, St. Helena
(fols. 9, 56, 89) Deadwood Camp, St. Helena
(fol. 11) 'Main Street, Jamestown, St. Helena, collected by Winifred McCalmont…March. 1900'
(fol. 14) 'Boer P.O.Ws passing St. Helena's post office'
(fol. 17) 'Landing Place'
(fol. 20) 'Middlesex Pommys'
(fols. 23, 58, 64, 70, 74, 78, 84, 91, 98) Boer prisoners of war, some identified
(fol. 25) 'Broadbottom Camp, St. Helena'
(fol. 28) 'Genl. Cronje's house'
(fol. 38) 'Genl. & Mrs Cronje'
(fol. 46) 'D. Jansen Krygogevangene te 22-7-1902 St. Helena'
(fol. 49) 'Blikjesdorp. Deadwood Camp. St. Helena'
(fol. 51) 'General Cronje and Colonel Schiel…'
(fol. 54) giant tortoises
(fol. 61) 'P.O.Ws Tin Town, Ladysmith'
(fol. 67) 'Two welknow P. of War'
(fol. 81) Jacobus Johannes Grobbelaar's gravestone
(fol. 87) 'Diepering'
(fol. 94) 'Code of Arms'

(passim) printed material, comprising:

(fols. 2-3) 'Ter Gedachtenis aan onze gevangenschap', concert programmes and duplicates, 10 Oct. 1900
(fol. 35) 'Programma van het Concert', hand-coloured concert programme, 9 Mar. 1902
(fols. 40-1) 'De Krijgsgevangene' newspaper, with 'Our Sporting Column' in English, 15 June 1901

(passim) ephemera, comprising

(fols. 30-3) dried pressed leaves from unidentified plants, possibly gathered near Napoleon's grave (see fol. 43)
(fol. 80) envelope addressed to Jacobus Grobbelaar, Broadbottom Kamp, St. Helena, Jan. 1902
(fol. 96) watercolour, 'The Frigstaat Flag', signed by Majuba

Dates

99 Leaves

MS. Afr. s. 2374/1

Binding The Utile Hinged Leaf Album (Stanley Gibbons Limited, London).

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