"Enon, Wohnhaus." ("Enon, dwelling house."). The picture shows a house with a thatched roof. Five women of probably mixed origin stand in front of the entrance. On the small side to the right a canopy with a tin roof and a small wall. A man and two children sit on top of the wall. A woman stands behind it. Next to them on the corner a man and a child standing, a woman sitting, a dog and a boy on a tricycle. All of them probably of European origin. A buggy next to them. Above their heads two signs. One says: "Post office", the other says in Afrikaans: "Kontoor/ Registratie van Geboorten en sterfgevallen." (Office/ Registration of births and cases of death."). In front of the house and on the left trees. In the foreground streets crossing each other. Along the streets grass. Imprinted on the image: "1542.".
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image
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2 copies photographic prints, 12.9 x 8.7 cm. photographs
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