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Link to larger image of RCS Y30521C/41
Classmark: RCS Y30521C/41
Originator: Thompson, Reginald, Sigston, b 1920
Title: African mine workers collecting rations from the Mine Compound Ration store at Chingola
Description: Showing five men standing in a line. The men are carrying small baskets.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y30521C/43
Classmark: RCS Y30521C/43
Originator: Thompson, Reginald, Sigston, b 1920
Title: Entrance to the main shaft at Nchanga Mine, Northern Rhodesia, 1950
Description: Showing the entrance to the main shaft and also a large notice board containing the heading 'N.C.C.M. SAFETY FIRST. LOST TIME CASUALTIES FOR CURRENT MONTH'.
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Link to larger image of RCS Y30521C/46
Classmark: RCS Y30521C/46
Originator: Thompson, Reginald, Sigston, b 1920
Title: Mineworkers housing at Nchanga Consolidated Copper Mines in Northern Rhodesia, 1951
Description: A view showing rows of identical small houses. On the left a number of people can be seen walking and cycling along a wide road.
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