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British heliographers, Johannesburg Fort, South Africa, 1901 circa (b/w photo)

British heliographers, Johannesburg Fort, South Africa, 1901 circa (b/w photo)
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Image title
British heliographers, Johannesburg Fort, South Africa, 1901 circa (b/w photo)
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Underwood & Underwood (c.1881-1940) / American
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Location
National Army Museum, London
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1901 AD (C20th AD)
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‘British heliographing from the Johannesburg Fort the news of the occupation’, 1901 circa. Stereoscopic photograph, Boer War, 1901 circa. The soldiers are using Mance heliographs. These devices consisted of a small mirror mounted on a tripod and worked by reflecting sunlight in order to flash messages in Morse code. From a box of 89 stereoscopic cards entitled, ‘South African War through the Stereoscope Pt 2 Vol 1', published by Underwood and Underwood and produced by Works and Sun Sculpture Studios, 1901 circa.

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Image keywords
heliograph / communications / fort / Fortification / occupation / strategy / signalling / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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