Caption

Pretoria, Broken-up Kirk Street with railway line in Pretoria, photograph, Part of Album with 191 photos of a trip to and through South Africa., c. 1890 - c. 1920, photographer, paper, daylight gelatin silver print, height 211 mm x width 292 mm, street (city(-scape) with figures, staffage), A wide dusty street flanked by long two-story buildings with covered arcades and decorative facades stretches toward a distant church tower, with an unpaved roadway and visible tram tracks in the foreground, a tall telegraph pole rising on the right, several smaller poles and signs along the sidewalks, ornate rooflines and a domed turret on the left, people and horse-drawn vehicles faintly visible far down the street, and piles of dirt and scattered stones along the road edges.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B10_058

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Keywords

Pretoria Broken-up Kirk Street railway line photograph Part Album 191 photos trip South Africa c 1890 - c 1920 photographer paper daylight gelatin silver print height 211 mm x width 292 mm street city -scape figures staffage wide dusty street flanked long two-story buildings covered arcades decorative facades stretches distant church tower unpaved roadway visible tram tracks foreground tall telegraph pole rising right several smaller poles signs sidewalks ornate rooflines domed turret left people horse-drawn vehicles faintly visible far down piles dirt scattered stones road edges