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Title: British soldiers, Pretoria, South Africa, 1901
Creator: Borel, Arnold, 1871-1911
Date Created and/or Issued: 1901
Publication Information: University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution: University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information: DM-échange et mission
chemin des Cèdres 5, CH-1004 Lausanne, Switzerland
info@dmr.ch
Description: "Soldats anglais" ("English soldiers") Photograph of a group of British soldiers in Pretoria. They stand in lines, wearing uniforms, and carrying guns. One of them plays the bagpipes. In the background, the sign "Local Transport Office" in front of a building. On the picture, the inscription: "Peloton d'écossais. Pretoria 1901" ("Platoon of Scotsmen. Pretoria 1901").
Photographie d'un groupe de soldats britanniques à Pretoria. Ils sont debout en rangs et portent des fusils. L'un d'entre eux joue de la cornemuse. À l'arrière plan, un bâtiment devant lequel se trouve la pancarte "Local Transport Office". Sur l'image l'inscription: "Peloton d'écossais. Pretoria 1901".
Type: image
Format: glass photonegatives, b&w
12 x 16.5 cm.
Identifier: impa-m63351 [Legacy record ID]
impa-a-CHL-nv011-058-827
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63351
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-CHL-nv011-058-827.jpg
Subject: Armed forces
Clothing
Weapons
Boer War, 1899-1902
Group portraits
Time Period: 1901
Place: Africa
Pretoria
South Africa
Relation: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Photographs from DM-Échange et Mission
impa-m15498

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