Underwood & Underwood Publishers

A collection of 72 stereocards, each numbered and captioned in the lower margin; most with typed captions in different languages on verso; related to the Boer War, South Africa, 1900. Subjects include Cronje's men at Modder River waiting to be assigned to tents in a British Prison Camp; General Cronje's 4000 Boers after surrendering to Robert's force of 50000, near Paardeberg; First Royal Irishemn on top of Kopje; a view of a Camp in Slingersfontin; street view of Cape Town; the Queen's soldiers on the fighting line, near Modder River; Britsh Scouts firing on a Boer Patrol, near Colesberg; Gallant Storming of a Boer Kopje by the Suffolks, Colesberg; Cape Garrison Artillery cannonading Boers; Detachment Hill seen from Hospital Hill at Slingersfontein; among others. Housed in rarely seen original cloth box, printed title 'For Empire Queen and Flag. South Africa, 1900'.