Union of South Africa historical pageant
Union of South Africa historical pageant, a re-enactment of a meeting between President Hoffman (1807-1879) and the Basotho (Lesotho) King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe I, c1786-1870) in 1854, when Hoffman gave Moshesh a goodwill present of a keg of gunpowder. The pageant was held in October 1910 to celebrate the union of two former Boer republics and two former British colonies, thereby creating a South African nation state
Picture No
11070556
Media ID
48567744
Size
5512px x 3485px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Pharcide
Source
Photograph on a postcard
Date
1910
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