Transvaal Collection

Poster advertising the Transvaal Castle cruise ship, sailing from England to South Africa with frequent connections from New York via the Cunard Line

A Young Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) photographed in 1906 at the age of 32, while he held the post of Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies

Mrs. Ples skull
Mrs. Ples. Reproduction of a skull of a Plesianthropus transvaalensis. Found at Sterkfontein. South Africa

RMS Transvaal Castle by G. H. Davis
Detailed cross-section drawing of the new mailship for the Union-Castle fleet, R.M.S. Transvaal Castle, which made her maiden voyage from Southampton to South Africa on 18 January 1962

Baden Powell with Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
Group photo, Sir Robert Baden Powell, Chief Scout, during a visit to the Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa, 18 July 1912. Date: 1912

Hillbrow, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Twist Street Bridge, Hillbrow, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

The Battle of Majuba Hill
The Transvaal War: the Battle of Majuba Hill. Majuba Hill was the main battle of the First Boer War, and one which the British resoundingly lost

Dog Show Childrens Class
The Transvaal Kennel Club Show, Johannesburg, childrens class. In white dresses and hats, very young children hold their dogs for the judges inspection, watched by parents

Paul Kruger, State President of Transvaal as an Ogre
O!. Stephanus Johannes Paulus ( Paul ) Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal) (1825-1905) - as an Ogre causing nightmares for various British Politicians of the day

F Pershouse, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
F Pershouse, District Commissioner, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa

Official anti British First Boer War protest card
A conflict known also as the Transvaal Rebellion took place between the British and the Boers from 1880 to 1881 The south of Africa was overlaid with European powers competing for colonial territory

Political poster, Chinese Labour -- a commentary on British gold mining activities in the Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1906

Diamond mines workers 1887
Various scenes showing the mistreatment of black workers in the diamond mines of South Africa. Date: 1887

Transvaal Postman
A postman rides his horse urgently across the veldt, uncertain whether strangers are friend or foe. Date: circa 1900

Steam train on Bloemfontein to Pretoria route, South Africa
Steam train on the Bloemfontein to Pretoria route, South Africa, showing a Boer ambush. Date: circa 1900

South African Transvaal Exhibition in Berlin, featuring a recreated village (kraal). Date: 1897

Paardekraal Monument to the Independence of Transvaal
The Paardekraal Monument, erected by the Boers at Krugersdorp after they took a vow to free Transvaal from the clutches of the British Empire

President Street - Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa Date: circa 1909

View of Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa
View of Ermelo (from the north), a coal mining town in Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Date: 1907

Church Street, Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Church Street, Middelburg, a farming town in Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Ten views of Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
Ten views of Benoni, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa -- Market Avenue, general view of mines, Market Square with magistrates courts, Post Office and Standard Bank

Roberts Heights, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Officers Club and cricket ground, Roberts Heights, a British garrison town near Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Knox Street, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa
Knox Street, Germiston, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Angelo Gold Mine, East Rand, Transvaal, South Africa
Angelo Gold Mining Company, The Avenue, near Boksburg, East Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Kings Hotel, Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Kings Hotel, on the banks of the lake, Boksburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Orange Grove, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Langham Hotel, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Luthjes Langham Hotel, Kerk Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Kruger, Joubert and Cronje with map of South Africa
President Paul Kruger, General Piet Joubert and General Piet Cronje with a map of the Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1900

Transport to the Transvaal gold mines
Crossing the Wilge river, the quickest method of transport to the gold fields of Transvaal

A Witch Doctor and his bride
The Witch Doctor pictured is from the Mashlangan tribe, inhabiting the Lydenburg district of the Transvaal Republic. He had claimed to have used his power to rid the plague of locusts that devastated

G W Nichols, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association
G W Nichols, Secretary, Transvaal Boy Scouts Association, South Africa

T W Read, Transvaal Scout Council
T W Read, District Scoutmaster, Transvaal Scout Council, South Africa

The Relief of Ladysmith: meeting of Generals White and Buller and their staffs, during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) Date: 1900

Vrededorp, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Vrededorp (Vrededorf), a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Post Office, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Post Office building, Church Square, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

View of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Aerial view of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, looking towards the Wanderers Stadium with the suburb of Clifton in the distance. Date: circa 1905

Yeoville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Nazareth House, a care home in Webb Street, Yeoville, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Market Avenue, Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa
Market Avenue, Vereeniging, a coal mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1930s

The Convent, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
The Convent, Lydenburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

General view of Barberton, Transvaal, South Africa
General view of Barberton, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Date: 1910

Tunnel, Waterval Boven Road, Transvaal, South Africa
Tunnel, Waterval Boven Road, Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Originally a cog and rack railway tunnel, it was later used for road traffic, and is now a historical monument. Date: circa 1930

Luipardsvlei, Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Luipaardsvlei (Luipardsvlei), a suburb of Krugersdorp, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Main street, Randfontein, Transvaal, South Africa
Main street, Randfontein, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1911

Grand Hotel, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Grand Hotel, Church Square, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Fordsburg, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Main Road, Fordsburg, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1905

Soldiers entering Rustenburg, NW Province, South Africa
Soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery entering Rustenburg, NW Province, South Africa. Date: 1910

President Street, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa
President Street, Germiston, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Eloff Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Junction of Eloff Street and Pritchard Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with people throwing snowballs after a snowstorm in August 1909. Date: 1909

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