Name: Auction: Boer War photographs "Looted at Pietersburg in April 1901", &c. 60 Autograph letters, 1st Gordon Highlanders:
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 800 GBP
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12 photographs, with captions in the negative, probably by Barnett & Co.; 6 by Stoel & Groote of Pretoria, with captions in the negative, 2 by Van Hoepen Photo Pretoria, 2 unattributed (one being of Baden Powell at Mafeking), all c. 14 x 19cm., original cloth album, worn, looting inscription on front endpaper; loosely inserted are four small photographs, one inscribed on verso "Quarter Guard, Pretoria"; and c. 60 autograph letters from Norman Robertson, 1st Gordon Highlanders, to his mother in Scotland, detailing activities and movements during Boer war, from many places in S. Africa including Pietersburg, Nystroom, East Fort Pretoria; Marabastad, "On trek", &c.

Boer War photographs "Looted at Pietersburg in April 1901", &c. 60 Autograph letters, 1st Gordon Highlanders:

Boer War photographs "Looted at Pietersburg in April 1901", &c. 60 Autograph letters, 1st Gordon Highlanders:

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