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Photo, Print, Drawing British Troops Marching in Market Street, Pretoria.

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Title

  • British Troops Marching in Market Street, Pretoria.

Summary

  • This photograph shows British troops marching on Market Street, later called Paul Kruger Street, in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1877. In 1877-78, the British Army engaged in a series of punitive expeditions against the Basuto, Zulu, and Galeka peoples that resulted in the annexation of the Transkei to the Cape Colony. The photograph is from the Van der Waal Collection at the Department of Library Services at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. The Van der Waal Collection forms part of an archive of South African architecture assembled by architectural historian Dr. Gerhard-Mark van der Waal.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1877.

Headings

  • -  South Africa--Gauteng--Pretoria
  • -  1877
  • -  Colonization
  • -  Great Britain--Colonies
  • -  Great Britain. Army
  • -  Indigenous peoples
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  Street scenes

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Printed photograph, black and white.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Pretoria Library.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Van der Waal Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021669886

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

British Troops Marching in Market Street, Pretoria. Gauteng Pretoria South Africa, 1877. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669886/.

APA citation style:

(1877) British Troops Marching in Market Street, Pretoria. Gauteng Pretoria South Africa, 1877. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021669886/.

MLA citation style:

British Troops Marching in Market Street, Pretoria. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021669886/>.