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The St Louis Fair, 1904 4 years 5 months ago #70144

QSAMIKE Offline Senior Member Posts: 5838 Thank you received: 1929	Great items for a St. Louis Collection many I have never seen before..... Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing everyone..... Mike Life Member Past-President Calgary Military Historical Society O.M.R.S. 1591
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The St Louis Fair, 1904 4 years 5 months ago #70151

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The St Louis Fair, 1904 2 weeks 1 day ago #98213

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A poster I haven't seen before. The actual stunt was a little less dramatic.

DE WET'S ESCAPE

"SOUTH AFRICAN BOER WAR / NEAR TEMPLE OF FRATERNITY / INTRAMURAL STATION ELEVEN / EAST OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING / THREE PERFORMANCES DAILY / 2:30, 4:30, 8:30 P.M. / Produced under direction of FRANK E. FILLIS / CAPT. ARTHUR W. LEWIS, Gen'l Manager / MILITARY CAMP, 12 ACRES / Savage South African Kraals. National South African Exhibit and Curio Museum open from 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m."

Commandant J.N. Boshof, General Piet Cronje, General Ben Viljoen and Commandant G.M. van Dam posing in front of a "blockhouse".
The chute used for the De Wet stunt is out of view on the left.
For orientation, the building in the far distance on the right is the Temple of Fraternity (see map above).