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A photograph of a city street in Upington with burro team in back.

A photograph of a cucurbita maxima, a large light-colored pumpkin, cut open showing the inside.

A photograph of a cucurbita maxima, a large light-colored pumpkin used chiefly for stock, but regarded as one of the better types for table use, boiled and served without mashing. It is 18 inches in diameter.

A photograph of a cucurbita maxima, a large light-colored pumpkin used chiefly for stock, but regarded as one of the better types for table use, boiled and served without mashing. It is 18 inches in diameter.

A photograph of Mr. N.G. Holmes of Upington in a typical two seated and two-wheeled Cape or Boer buggy.

A photograph of George St. Letger Lenox, known locally as Scotty Smith, a rather famous South African outlaw. His Kloekloe/Kloikloi wife and one of his many children is shown in the photograph.

A photograph of a field of alfalfa with basin type of irrigation.

A photograph that shows the basin method of irrigation employed on the banks of the Orange river. There are potatoes and garden peas in the foreground with washington navel orange, seeding orange, and defoliated fig tree in the background.

A photograph that shows citrus, broad bean vines, figs, peaches, and some sorghum plants. Most of hte land is irrigated by the basin method.

A photograph of aristida and black brush.

A photograph of aristida and black brush.

A photograph showing detail of the black brush on a deep red sandy soil.

A photograph showing detail of the black brush on a deep red sandy soil.

A photograph that was taken just about Prieska and shows the acacia, the white barked acacia, and black brush.

A photograph that shows pentzia and black brush in the back.

A photograph of a view of the grasses, a tall Bushman's grass and a small aristida. There are hills in the background.

A photograph of an aristida, a grass vegetation, and Herb. 152, which are the prominent plants here.

A photograph of a side view of a kaffir melon. M. W. White gave Homer Shantz this kaffir melon that had been lying in his shop for 5 months and was still in good condition. This melon is a popular stock melon with practically a solid flesh and a very…

A photograph of a kaffir melon. M. W. White gave Homer Shantz this kaffir melon that had been lying in his shop for 5 months and was still in good condition. This melon is a popular stock melon with practically a solid flesh and a very resistant…

A photograph of a temporary home of a Khoekhoe/Khoikhoi family. In the image there is a rough brush fence as well as a side view of an indigenous woman. The original description used the term "Hottentot", which was a colonial-era term for the…