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A photograph showing a general view of the DeBeers compound. It shows people outside cooking and clothes being hung to dry.

A photograph showing the inside of the compound's quarters of De Beers Company. There are bunk beds, cooking kettles, and two indigenous people sitting on the bunk beds. It is a very poorly illuminated.

A photograph of a more protected area of acacia-desert grass, aristida, schmidtia, eragostic, and acacia.

A photograph of typical acacia-desert grass, aristida, schmidtia, eragostic, and acacia.

A photograph of a termite hill, closely grazed desert grass and thorn trees, with the gutierrezia-like plant in the foreground. Shantz's party with photographers, donkeys, and an autormobile are in the background

A photograph of Erasmus Stephanus Jacobs, who is said to have discovered the first diamond in South Africa.

A photograph of a Boer wagon and burro train. Eramus Stephanus Jacobs and an older Boer man, are heading out into the veld to attend to his cattle.

A photograph shows acacia-desert grass with an occasional acacia tree, here protected from grazing. The principle grasses are themeda triandrea forsk, aritida rangii, aristida capensis, panicum madasgascar spring, erogrostis, and aristida stipoides…

A photograph shows acacia-desert grass with an occasional acacia tree, here protected from grazing. The principle grasses are themeda triandrea forsk, aritida rangii, aristida capensis, panicum madasgascar spring, erogrostis, and aristida stipoides…

A photograph that shows grassland and acacias with pentzia, schmidtia, and eragrastis. There are also a spiny, trifoliate leaved shrub, elysium, and a small pennyroyal.

A photograph that shows grassland and acacias with pentzia, schmidtia, eragrastis, and a large thorny asparagus at the right. There are also a spiny, trifoliate leaved shrub, elysium, and a small pennyroyal.

A photograph that shows grassland and acacias with pentzia, schmidtia, and eragrastis. There are also a spiny, trifoliate leaved shrub, elysium, and a small pennyroyal.

A photograph of the shop of S. Comrodien & Company, Greenpoint location, Baconsfield. It is a dingy, dirty place, which is a sort of general shop frequented by indigenous people. The proprietor is standing at the very back of the store. There are two…

A photograph from the top of one of the houses, showing the type of buildings and the street with an occasional pepper tree or eucalyptus.

A photograph of where black laborers live, showing one of the houses covered with galvanized iron. It is of Kloekloe/Kloikloi type. There is a fence and other buildings in the background with a group of Black Indigenous children.

A photograph that shows Kennilworth, where most of the white miners live. There is a double row of trees in each street and the housese are low and of the bungalow type, with very elaborate fower gardens in the front. Scott is shown filming at the…

A photagraph of people auctioneering pumpkind in the market square at Kimberly. THey were selling at six shillings per each pile.

A photograph of pure grassland. It was taken looking back from a train just before teaching Modder river. There are many springbuck in the pastures.

A photograph of chrysothamnus-like shrub and occasional acacia.

The photograph near the top of the ridge, showing the chrysothamnus-like shrub in the foreground and an acacia in the background.