John Clark
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This 1884 photograph shows the town council chambers in central Church Street. They were used from 1875 to 1893. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Fraser Lane, Pietermaritzburg. Town Offices 1875-1893 |
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| John Clark Collection |
The old muzzle-loader at the base of the Zulu War memorial. |
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An interesting picture of the 1890s showing the facade of the Standard Bank and its two guardian oak trees, David and Jonathan. Note the four-wheeler cabs with their sun-canopies. |
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An early street lamp suspended above the door of Caltert's Printing Works in Printing Office Street. In its day it supplied illumination by paraffin, gas, and electricity. It dates back to 1878-80 when the original building was probably erected. |
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Another view of the Government School Room on the occasion of the opening of the 1858 session of the legislative council by Lieutenant-governor R.W. Keate (1867-72). |
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A satirical cartoon entitled Compensation from Dushani by G. Summer ridicules the meager compensation - a few goats - obtained by military action against an ill-behaved tribal chief. |
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An 1864 view of two important buildings long since gone. The one on the left is the Colonial Bank of Ntal complete with customers' hitching rail and the other is the original Plough Hotel. |
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The Prince of Wales Hotel, proprietor G. Salomon, as it looked in the period 1875-80. Originally built about 1840 as a 4-roomed cottage, it was owned by J.N. Boshof, a civil servant in the new colonial government, who later became president of the Orange Free State. |
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Church Street in 1880, with at least three hitching rails in view on an earthen surface. Although most of the buildings here are gone, the general appearance of the street is easily recognizable by a modern citizen. The best building is the double-storied block of Edward Stantial the chemist. |
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Prince of Wales Hotel. Pietermaritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
Witness Lane. Pietermaritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
Overpark –Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg |
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Combination of the parking meter and house hitching rail- Pietermaritzburg |
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| John Clark Collection |
Voorktrekker Museum, Pietermaritzburg |
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Lower Church Street in 1880 showing the new market hall standing on the square, the High Court on Commercial Road, the McFie butcher shop (believed to have been the old Dutch Raadsaal and later the Supreme Court from 1845 onwards) on the corner of Commercial Road. |
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Restored 'Church of the Vow' |
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| John Clark Collection |
Gert Maritz |
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| John Clark Collection |
Piet Retief and Curt Steynberg Sculpture |
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Dr Stanger's original cottage, later Leut. Governor's residence |