Browse Items (9335 total)

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…

The photograph of natural vegetation, showing the small angular-branched shrub so prominent in this section.

A photograph of the framework of a Khoekhoe/Khoikhoi house. At the present time, these are finished off in every possible way, sticks plastered in with clay, or petrol cans cut up and the tin used to cover the framework. The original description used…

A photograph of an acacia horrida, a very small bush of 2 ft. high with very white spines.

A photograph of an acacia (Herb. 188), an angular black brush (Herb. 175), and agave in the background. This is typical of much of the desert.

A photograph that shows sand dunes with acacia horrida, a very large bush atriplex, and ziziphus at the edge of the Orange River.

The photograph of natural vegetation, showing the small angular-branched shrub so prominent in this section.

A photograph of a street scene in Prieska, showing pepper trees, eucalyptus, and low plastered houses.

A general view from the hill, showing typical desert country with a Boer wagon drawn by donkeys on the left, a goat herd on the right and a railroad in the background. The vegetation at the base of hill is largely mesembrianthemum.

A photograph of the angular-stemmed leaf shrub (Herb. 174), agave (Herb. 172), and cotyledon (Herb. 173), with an English block house used during the Boer War in the background.

A photograph of agave on the hills of Prieska.

A general view of acacia horrida and acacia sp. along the road or south bank of the Orange river with E.M. Thierry and W.L. Calder standing in the middle.

A photograph of a closer view of the Orange River with diamond gravel in the foreground. Thorn trees are shown on the opposite bank.

A photograph of a general view across the Orange river showing a train of donkeys in the drift. There is also a man standing, facing the river in the foreground.

A photograph of a kithcen where the oven is fed from the outside of the house.