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South Africa

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = South Africa

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

[Herd of Goats], 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3452
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a herd of goats on the plains with a goat herder in the backgroun in [South Africa?] in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Hon. L. S. Jameson, C. B. - Premier of Cape Colony, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1143
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the Rt. Hon. L[eander] S[tarr] Jameson, CB, who was the Premier of Cape Colony, South Africa from 1891-1893.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

How Mr. Rhodes Liked to Travel in the Country, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/3181
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Mr. [Cecil] Rhodes sitting at a table in the countryside with a friend in South Africa in the late 19th or early 20th century. A dog sits in the foreground and a waiter and a large wagon and tent in the background.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Kirkman's Brick Burning, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1033
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Kirkman's brick burning kiln on the plains behind some huts in the early/mid 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Kirkman's Huts, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/996
Scope and Contents

Photograph of two Kirkman's huts, one with a family in front of it, in a South African game park in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Kirkman's Shorthorn Africander Bull, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/85
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Harry Kirkman's shorthorn Africander bull and other cattle in South Africa.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Klipsspringer, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1046
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a Klipsspringer, a species of small, African antilope, lying in the grass in Africa in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Leopard, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1151
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a group of African men crossing a river returning from a hunt with a leopard hanging from a pole in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Leopard Proof Kraal, 1870s-1930s

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Identifier: Coll-1434/1001
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a leopard proof kraal in [Sevenoakes?] South Africa in the early 20th century. The image shows a wooden enclosure on the plains with a forest in the background.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom, 12 June 1921

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/71
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom telling Geikie that he has named a fossil after a colleague John Young. The fossil, Youngina, is possibly the common ancestor of lizards, crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterodactyls and birds. He describes his work progress in South Africa including a drawing of a gorgonopsid reptile skeleton.

Dates: 12 June 1921