Gray Brothers, Robert Harris and others

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Gray Brothers, Robert Harris and others

South Africa, including views of De Beers mines at Kimberley, 1870s-80s
Album containg 103 albumen prints, 10 x 12½ in. to 7¾ x 5½ in. or the reverse, at least two signed and with occasional numbers and titles in the negatives, variously mounted, the majority titled and a few dated in pencil on mounts, half morocco (spine lacking), ruled in gilt, lge. 4to.
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Several views of the De Beers open mines at Kimberley, views of the work cattle in the Market Square, a portrait of the miners on the land gear, an image of the washing and sorting machine, a view of the mine flooded; views around Cape Town, Houts's Bay, Port Elizabeth, the crops at Natal, views around Tamatave, and Mauritius; a portrait of two natives working in the fields, an image of a native family cooking, group portraits of miners with tools and studio portraits of Africans in costume.

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