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Link to larger image of RCS Y3045C/36
Classmark: RCS Y3045C/36
Originator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934
Title: An Ivory Caravan
Description: Showing a line of porters at the roadside carrying loads of elephant tusks.
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Link to larger image of RCS Marnham U/38
Classmark: RCS Marnham U/38
Originator: Marnham, John Ewart, 1916-1985
Title: Vender [i.e. Venda] women and Vic Leibbrandt, near Sibosa
Description: Showing a group of women selling produce. A man in a suit and hat can be seen in the left foreground...
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Link to larger image of RCS Y30447A/6
Classmark: RCS Y30447A/6
Originator: Lisk-Carew Brothers
Title: View in Albert Market, showing fish stall
Description: Showing Africans, mainly young boys, gathered round a fish seller's stall in the Albert Market. The Market is situated on Russell Street near the waterfront at the south-west corner of MacCarthy Square.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y30521C/51
Classmark: RCS Y30521C/51
Originator: Thompson, Reginald, Sigston, b 1920
Title: A Kasompe Hawker finds customers interested in second hand clothing purchased in the Belgian Congo and renovated at Kasompe, 1951
Description: Showing a man standing with a bicycle...
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Link to larger image of RCS Y30521C/54
Classmark: RCS Y30521C/54
Originator: Thompson, Reginald, Sigston, b 1920
Title: A Kasompe shoe repairer at work, 1951
Description: Showing a man sitting on a small wooden bench. The man is hammering the heel of a shoe.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y30521C/55
Classmark: RCS Y30521C/55
Originator: Thompson, Reginald, Sigston, b 1920
Title: A Kasompe tinsmith making water vessels for sale to African women, 1951
Description: Showing a man sitting on a mat on the ground...
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