KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-01. A HANDWRITTEN NOTICE ON THE MARKET BUILDING DURING THE SIEGE BY ...

Place Africa: South Africa, Cape Colony, Kimberley Area, Kimberley
Accession Number P01328.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Film copy negative
Conflict South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-01. A HANDWRITTEN NOTICE ON THE MARKET BUILDING DURING THE SIEGE BY THE BOERS, READING: "MEAT SUPPLY. THE FULL MEAT RATION OF 1/2 LB FOR TWO DAYS CAN BE SUPPLIED TODAY. ALL HORSE MEAT. SIEGE SOUP, TICKET HOLDERS MAY TAKE HALF THEIR RATION IN SOUP. NB. NO SOUP WILL BE SOLD AT THE DISTRIBUTION FOR CASH". (PHOTOGRAPHER F.H. HANCOX. DONOR D. HOLDEN)