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Norwich, (Oscar I.)

A JOHANNESBURG ALBUM - Historical Postcards

Published: A.D. Donker, Johannesburg, 1986

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”... A Johannesburg Album... traces the beginnings and early development of Johannesburg’s suburbs in a series of over 325 historical picture postcards, most of them in colour... The book describes the earliest suburbs and areas of the mining town, beginning with the Market Square and including suburbs such as Doornfontein, Jeppestown, Fordsburg, Parktown, Saxonwold, Yeoville, Berea and Braamfontein... There are also chapters on Crises and Events, including the Jameson Raid, the Braamfontein dynamite explosion and the 1913 miners’ strike; Chinese on the Mines and Mining...”.

  • Size: 26 x 34 cm / Folio
  • Sold By: Mantis Books
  • Contact Person: Charl Yates
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833219905
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT & Paypal
  • Trade Associations: AA Approved


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