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Lord Kitchener at peace conference that ended Boer War
Lord Kitchener (1850-1916) seated at the peace conference that brought the Boer War of 1899-1902 to an end. Kitchener became Commander-in-Chief of the British war effort in South Africa from 1900

Cetinje - Montenegro - The Old Town
Cetinje - Montenegro - The south section of the old town of Cetinje, Montenegro Date: 1907

Has Captain Scott reached the Pole today?
Page from The Sphere magazine speculating on whether Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his polar exploration team had reached the South Pole in December 1911, as scheduled

Silver and copper works, Chile, South America

The Mint, Santiago, Chile, South America
The Mint of Santiago -- street scene in Chile, South America. 1824

Mules with timber and iron bars, Chile, South America
Timber and iron bars conveyed by mules in Chile, South America. 1824

Nasmyth hammer at steel works, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Male workers are dwarfed by the massive Nasmyth hammer at the Atlas Steel Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1902

Women sitting on a rock, Chile, South America
Porte Zuevo -- three women sitting on a rock near a beach, with animals and buildings in the background, in Chile, South America. 1824

People at a fair in Chile, South America
Scenes at a Fair -- people at a fair in 19th century Chile, South America. 1824

Label, Hotel Royal Gascogne, Bordeaux, France
Luggage label from the Hotel Royal Gascogne, Bordeaux, France, which includes a garage within the hotel. Date: 20th century

Winston Churchilll in South Africa
Winston Churchill pictured in the uniform of the South African Light Horse regiment at the time of the Boer War where he was captured while working as a correspondent for the Morning Post

Basuto Gun War, 1880 - cattle recovered
Recovery of cattle from the Basutos by the British forces, during the Basuto Gun War, 1880. Date: 1880

Herero man, German South West Africa
A native Herero man in German South West Africa (now Namibia), either before or during the First World War. A rebellion by the Hereros against the German colonists took place between 1904 and 1907

General Jan Smuts and General Louis Botha
General Louis Botha (1862-1919) -the first Prime Minister of South Africa who was a military hero due to his service in the second Boer War

Group of Herero people, German South West Africa
A group of native Herero people in German South West Africa (now Namibia), either before or during the First World War. A rebellion by the Hereros against the German colonists took place between 1904

The Colosseum Print of London, 1842 - ILN
The Colosseum Print, a view of north and south London, based on a photograph by Antoine Claudet taken from the top of the Duke of Yorks Column, 124 feet high

1930s Poor housing at Blaina, Monmouthshire
A woman and her small child stand outside a single-storey cottage at Blaina in South Wales. Industry in the area was centred on coal-mining and the local tinplate works and suffered great poverty

German soldiers on a camel, South West Africa, WW1
Two German soldiers with a guide, riding on a camel, probably in German South West Africa (now Namibia) during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1915

Scott Polar Expedition 1910 - 1912 - pitching tent
The double tent used by Captain Scott on the last journey of his ill-fated polar expedition to the South Pole, 1910 - 1912, shown in a photograph by Lieutenant H. R. Bowers on the upper plateau

Honey Sucker from New South Wales, Australia
A Honey Sucker from New South Wales, Australia, perching on a branch. 1822

South Wales miner washing
A South Wales miner, face and forearms black with coal-dust, washes at home in a large tin bath. His wife helps wash his back. Date: circa 1936

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Indian leader
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), aka Mahatma, charismatic Indian leader. Seen here as a young man, probably while living in South Africa, where he took part in the civil rights movement

Basuto Gun War, 1880 - Masupha, Basuto chief
Masupha, Basuto chief, who rebelled again British rule in Basutoland in South Africa. Described in the Illustrated London News in 1880 as " an illiterate native heathen, but of great repute

Morosis mountain stronghold in Basutoland, South Africa
British soldiers inspect from afar the stronghold of Morosi, a chief of the Bapedi, in the rugged highland country of the Basutos in South Africa

The Islanders sculpture, Festival of Britain, London
View of a colossal sculpture by the Austrian sculptor, Siegfried Charoux, entitled The Islanders, on the facade of the Sea and Ships Pavilion at the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank

The South Downs - The Jubilee V
A V (The Victoria Jubilee Plantation) on the hillside of the South Downs, viewed from Streat, East Sussex - created by planting trees in this formation to commemorate Queen Victorias Golden Jubilee

Sea and Ships Pavilion, Festival of Britain site, London
View of the Sea and Ships Pavilion, part of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London, with models of sterns of different types of vessel, to illustrate British skill in shipbuilding

Blackpool - South Promenade & Clifton Park Racecourse Date: circa 1910s

South African woman carrying goods on her head
A south african woman, carrying her baby on her back with a wide variety of other goods balanced somewhat precariously (or so it seems to the uninitiated) on her head, including pans, rugs, mats

PIT PONIES / 1869
Horse at work in a South Staffordshire colliery [England] Date: 1869

Rhondda Valley / 1960
The mining village of Treherbert at the head of the Rhondda Fawr in South Wales. Date: 1960

Tetrahedra of Space, Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
TETRAHEDRA OF SPACE (P Schuyler Miller) Natives of South America are attacked by alien invaders Date: 1931

Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London
The entrance to the Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, south east London. The infirmary, originally opened in 1876 as the St Olaves Union Infirmary, later became St Olaves Hospital

Llwynypia Homes, Rhondda, South Wales
The Llwynypia Homes, Rhondda, South Wales, were opened in 1903 as a subsidiary workhouse for the Pontypridd Poor Law Union

Mr Drouets pauper school, Tooting, Surrey
A view of the school for pauper children, privately run by Bartholomew Peter Drouet at Tooting in Surrey (now south west London). In 1849, a cholera epidemic broke out at the school

The Southern Star newspaper, Montevideo
The Southern Star or La Estrella del Sur newspaper for Saturday 2nd October 1943, published in Montevideo, Uruguay, mostly in English with a few advertisements (and one article) in Spanish

Customs House, Montevideo
The monumental building of the Customs House in Montevideo, Uruguay, was completed in 1923 and declared a National Historic Monument in 1975

Camp Clairwood pass 1943
A pass for the Imperial Forces Transhipment Camp at Clairwood, Durban, South Africa for Sergeant Alec Talmage. Clairwood, a huge tented camp

Zig-Zag railway in Australia
The " Zig-Zag" on the Western Line, New South Wales, Australia. Zig-zag railway (probably the Lithgow Zig-Zag) built in the mid-19th century to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb up

Testing the Bascule Bridge, Carmarthen, South Wales
Testing the Carmarthen Bascule Bridge at Carmarthen, Dyfed, South Wales. The bridge was built to carry the Great Western Railway over the River Towy

Glanamman Railway Station, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
View along the platform of Glanamman (or Glanaman) Railway Station in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, on the Great Western Railway

Motor car and cycle club rally, Neyland, South Wales
The First Pembrokeshire Motor Car and Motor Cycle Club Rally, photographed outside Williamston House, Neyland, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Police at a Tonypandy colliery, Glamorgan, South Wales
Numerous policemen (nicknamed Devonshires) on duty at a colliery engine house in the Tonypandy area of Glamorgan, South Wales, during the riots of 1910

Aerial view of Hook, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
An aerial view of the coastal village of Hook, on the Western Cleddau, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The quay can be seen in the foreground -- it was constructed in the late 18th

Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales
View of the winding engine house, built in 1845, which worked the pumps at the Glyn Pits Colliery, near Pontypool, Gwent, South Wales

Llangwm cockle woman, Haverfordwest, South Wales
An elderly cockle woman from the coastal village of Llangwm rests outside St Marys Church in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. She is on her way to the Portfield area of the town

Back to back housing, Llanhilleth, Gwent, South Wales
A view along an alley between back to back terraced housing in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, showing walls made of a mixture of brick and stone, and ramshackle corrugated iron roofing

Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, Glamorgan, South Wales
Scene at the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, South Wales. There were 439 miners killed in total, making this the worst mining accident in the UK

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