(AFRICA) Van Nes; photographer Begries Iron Foundry in Ruins

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(AFRICA.) Van Nes; photographer. Begrie's Iron Foundry in Ruins. Printing-out paper print, 6 x 8 inches, mounted on scrapbook page, captioned in negative; possibly related photograph of services at a cemetery mounted on verso. South Africa, 1900

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A photograph from the Second Boer War. The remainder of the caption reads "The Transvaal government commandeered this foundry to make shells. In April 1900 a terrific explosion ruined the buildings and machinery."