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A stereoscopic image of a British soldier writing home to his mother after the British captured Colesberg on February 28th 1900. One of a boxed set of stereoscope photographs produced for sale to the general public by a professional firm of…

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A stereoscopic image of lines of British troops, with bayonets fixed, await a Boer attack at Naauwpoort, 13th December, 1899. One of a boxed set of stereoscope photographs which was produced for sale to the general public by a professional firm of…

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A stereoscopic image of the deck of vessel showing a large number of troops in uniform but in a relaxed state.

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A stereoscopic image of Lord Roberts and Staff cheering the Queen - raising Union Jack on occupation of Pretoria, June 5th, S.A.

Of the 38,000 troops who had left Bloemfontein on 3 May 1900, only 26,000 entered Pretoria with Lord Roberts. Some had…

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A stereoscopic image of Troops sleeping in rows with firearms at feet, watched over by guards.

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A stereoscopic image of a nurse helping a patient to drink, with a bandage to head, in a field hospital, his uniform in the foreground and another patient in the background

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A stereoscopic image of British troops in a trench with firearms at the ready.
The Second Boer War (1899-1902) was the first war to be covered comprehensively by both film and still photography. This was the result of improved technology in both…

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A stereoscopic image of British troops storming a Kopje at Gras Pan, South Africa.
A Kopje is a small hill in a generally flat landscape.

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Lantern slide of HMS Foudroyant wreck at Blackpool. On 16 June 1897 during a violent storm, she parted a cable and dragging the remaining anchor, went ashore on Blackpool Sands, damaging Blackpool North Pier in the process. The Blackpool lifeboat was…

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Lantern slides of Gun Boats on Ettrick Bay, Isle of Bute.

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Colour lantern slide of a soldier with firearm and sword. Labelled Gentleman in khaki.

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Lantern slide of illustration from The Absent Minded Beggar. "The Absent-Minded Beggar" is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan and often accompanied by an illustration of a wounded but defiant British soldier, "A…

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Colour lantern slide of an illustraion of the Union Jack with The Absent Minded Beggar inside a horsehoe emblem.

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Lantern slide of a crowd of people outside Sheffield Barracks, Hillsborough. A policeman and a man with bandage to head can be seen. Lantern slide is damaged.

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Lantern slide showing two cannons in a field with trees.

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Lantern slide of soldiers. Labelled Fifty thousand horse and foot going to Table Bay. From the poem by Rudyard Kipling - An Absent Minded Beggar. Partially hand coloured

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Lantern slide of a military illustration of the poem by Rudyard Kipling -The Absent Minded Beggar. Numbered 1

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Lantern slide showing a view of street decoration during King Edward VII visit to open the University, Saville Street.

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Lantern slide showing two cannons in a field with trees.

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Lantern slide of two cannons at High Hazels.

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Lantern slide of Gun Boats, Ettrick Bay.

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