369 •(DE BEERS MINING OPERATION, SOUTH AFRICA)
Album containing 21 photographs of diamond mining and trading operations in South Africa.
With pictures of DeBeers executives assessing diamonds, crews underground at work, industrial machinery, segregated bathing and living facilities, recreational activities, and a view recording the astounding depth of the Kimberly mine. Printing-out paper prints, 20 of the images measuring 5½x8 inches (14x20.3 cm.) and one 5½x4¼ inches (14x10.8 cm.), mounted recto/verso with corners, several with captions in the negative. Oblong 4to, leatherette, ties. Circa 1900

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