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

Cuthberts Buildings, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Cuthberts Buildings, with The Balcony terrace restaurant, Pritchard Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

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

Paul Kruger, State President of Transvaal as an Ogre
O!. Stephanus Johannes Paulus ( Paul ) Kruger

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

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

Afrikaans of Cape Colony join the Boers of the Transvaal. Date: 1899

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

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

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

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

Jeppestown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
View of Marshall Street, Jeppestown, 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

National Bank, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
National Bank, Benoni, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1930

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

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

Church Street, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, with a municipal tram on Route 1, destination Sunnyside. Date: circa 1910

Church Square, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, with Curtis & Co Hatters, the Standard Bank of South Africa, and a municipal tram on Route 5, destination the Railway Station. Date: 1910s

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

First Fire Station, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
First Fire Station, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

Ferreira Gold Mining Company, Transvaal, South Africa, circa 1888 (Robert Harris studio). Date: circa 1888

Joseph Chamberlain dream of Paul Kruger feeding him medicine
The Story of Cruel Joseph (cont.) - Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) dreams of being doctored (fed medicine) by a smiling South African Transvaal Republic leader Paul Kruger (1825-1905). Date: 1899

Paardekraal Monument to the Independence of Transvaal
The Paardekraal Monument

Marche Des Boers
MARCHE DES BOERS March by Desire Leclercq, dedicated : Salut a nos amis les Heros du Transvaal - and he doesn t mean the British ! Date: 1902

South Africa - Transvaal - Chinese Coolies in a Compound

Diggers at work in the Transvaal gold fields
The Transvaal gold fields, South Africa showing diggers at work

Great Trek / S. Africa
To escape British rule, Boer families emigrate northwards en masse to the Transvaal and beyond, fighting the Zulus (shown here) and others on their way

Ufos / Pienaar / Transvaal
Farmer Jan Pienaar, driving with unnamed African farmhand, encounters landed saucer across the road

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

Paardekraal Monument to the Independence of Transvaal
The Paardekraal Monument

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

General Lord Methuen with Colonel Douglas, Chief of Staff, directing the Battle of Magersfontein, during the Second Boer War. 1900

The Battle of Elandslaagte: enemys shell bursting by the side of General White, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1899

Opening of the war session of Parliament: Boer Crisis
The opening of the war session of Parliament on the 17th October 1899, as the Second Boer War commences. Mr Balfour exclaimed, " We have with use the conscience of the Empire". Date: 1899

Colonial troops off to fight in the Second Boer War
Colonial troops off to the Cape- departure of the New South Wales Lancers at Fenchurch Street Station, London Date: 1899

Major General French and President Krugers cousin discussing the Boer Crisis on board the union liner " Norman". Date: 1899

The Transvaal (Boer) Crisis
A Field Cornets messenger hands over commandos to Boer farmers to be ready for war Date: 1899

Theatre of war in South Africa - Boer War map
Map of the war in South Africa in 1899. Date: 1899

Dr. Broom discovers adult Australopithecus cranium, 1936
An important discovery in South Africa: the brain-cast and parts of the skull of an anthropoid ape with human characteristics. Dr

Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
De Korte Street, Braamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Government Buildings, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Government Buildings, Church Square, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Troyeville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Troyeville, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, showing the Observatory, the Bertrams area and Judiths Paarl. Date: circa 1905

Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Sunny Side Mansion, residence of Lord Alfred Milner, British colonial administrator, in York Road, Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Doornfontein Park, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Craighall, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Craighall, a suburb of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa, with the bridge on the right. Date: circa 1905

Pilgrims Rest, Lydenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Pilgrims Rest, Lydenburg Gold Fields, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Witpoortje Falls, Poortview, Transvaal, South Africa
Witpoortje Falls, Poortview, near Roodepoort, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa, now in Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden. Date: circa 1925

Buildings in Carolina, Transvaal, South Africa
Anglican church and municipal buildings in Carolina, a town in Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa. Date: circa 1930

Childrens pool, Boksburg Lake, Transvaal, South Africa
Childrens pool, Boksburg Lake, Boksburg, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1925

General view of Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
General view of Krugersdorp, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: 1909

Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Transvaal, South Africa
Premier Diamond Mine, Cullinan, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa, view from no. 4 bridge looking east to Pretoria, showing settling dams for no. 4 gear and tailing dams. Date: circa 1910

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