General
    General
    Object Auto ID
    68397
    Common Name
    Photograph
    Classified Name
    Local Name
    A few Photograph from the Photo Department, C.G.R. [Cape Government Railways]; Coal mines - Early morning
    Quantity
    1.00
    Object Description

    The Parliament Collection:
    View of a group of African people, including women and children, outside their small stone dwellings. Some are wrapped in blankets and one woman is bending down to tend to a cooking fire. (Part of a collection of 121 Photograph, see 3146)

    Provenance

    Mendelssohn Bequest 1922

    Description
    Technique Types
    Distinguishing Features

    Coal miners African children fire food cooking

    Inscriptions
    Title in pencil on the back, plus Library of Parliament Cape of Good Hope stamp
    Measurement Type Unit Value
    Dimension Comments
    Loose in a box; Print Size : 143 x 193 mm
    History
    Object Age Comment
    ca. 1899 - 1907
    Collector Comment
    Photograph
    Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
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