1890's
Sisters
Photographer: Joseph Rauscher
Source: Dawson family |
Photo No. 470
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One of these is Isabella Bothma.
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1890's
Sonny Pearson/baby
Photographer: Larsen Bros, Durban
Source: Dawson family |
Photo No. 471
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Original caption (on back)
"Sonny Pearsonand Girlie. Sonny murdered by Natives. 1899". Sonny was
in fact the victim of ritual murder as a baby and was partially dismembered,
having his limbs and genitals removed.
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1890's
Swaziland enters the steam age
Photographer: Captain Gardner
Source: National Archives |
Photo No. 69
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First steam locomotive in
Swaziland
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1890's
The Villains
Photographer: Joseph Rauscher
Source: National Archives |
Photo No. 87
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Colonial life palled at times -
theatricals were common.
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1890's
Tin Miner's Hut
Photographer: Joseph Rauscher
Source: National Archives |
Photo No. 88
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Tin Miner's Hut.
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1890's/1900's
Holtman at Namahasha
Photographer: Unknown
Source: Dawson family |
Photo No. 430
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The Holtmans and Bothmas at
Namahasha. This is Holtman's house, he tried growing coffee at Namahasha before
the Boer War in partnership with David Forbes and Allister Miller. Despite him
being a trained horticulturalist, the crop failed. His experiments with wattle
and gum were more successful. From left: Louise and Abraham Karel Bothma,
unkown man with armband, unknown woman, Jan Bothma seated, Isabella Bothma
standing, Henry Anton Holtman sitting.
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1890's?
First Building in Mbabane
Photographer: Unknown
Source: National Archives |
Photo No. 60
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The first building in Mbabane. Its
function is unknown.
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1890's?
Herr Wolff
Photographer: Joseph Rauscher
Source: National Archives |
Photo No. 50
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The unknown Herr Wolff with his Swazi
friends.
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1890's?
Herr Wolff
Photographer: Joseph Rauscher
Source: National Archives |
Photo No. 49
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Apart from this interesting pose with
one of the King's prominent advisors Herr Wolff is unknown.
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1890's?
Johnstone's cabin
Photographer: Joseph Rauscher
Source: Millin family |
Photo No. 115
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Presumably John H. Johnstone who
claimed to having been a major in the British Army. He had a concession to
grow, dry, cure, sell and export tobacco. He also had a concession to 65 992
hectares of bushveldt land.
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